Campus Students Research Articles

Malaria Prevalence and Treatment Seeking Behaviour of Campus Students in Mkpat Enin, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Background: Malaria is still thriving despite efforts to eradicate the disease. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of malaria and treatment-seeking behaviour among university students in Ikot Akpaden campus of Akwa Ibom State University Methods: A cross-sectional study on 700 undergraduate students randomly selected was carried out between July to December 2017 in Akwa Ibom State University. Structured questionnaires were administered to collect data. Microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) were done to determine parasitaemia for students who voluntarily consented to be tested. Chi-square test at P< 0.05 was used to evaluate the prevalence of malaria and the differences in the student’s attitude on malaria treatment and prevention practices. Results: Of the 500 students who filled the questionnaire, 100 students consented to undergo the test, 56 (56%) were males, while 44 (44%) were females. Only15 students (17.86%) were positive for both microscopy and RDT. Malaria prevalence by microscopy (84%) was significantly higher than RDT (27%). Fever and head-ache were the most common symptoms recorded. RDT had a sensitivity of 17.86%, a specificity of 25%, a positive predictive value of 55.56%, and a negative predictive value of 5.48%. Conclusion: This study revealed a higher prevalence of malaria by microscopy than RDT among the students, indicating that the use of RDTs is limited. RDTS may have more usefulness in remote areas, but microscopy remains the reference technique. Overall, 96.2% knew about malaria while 85.3% knew mosquito bites cause malaria. The majority, 69.2%, of participants go for malaria test as the first action when malaria is suspected, 83% use antimalarial combination therapy medication, and 62.6% sought treatment of malaria immediately.

Association Between Menstrual Hygiene Practice and Exposure to Risk of RH Problems among the Female Students of College Level in Surkhet

The goal of this cross-sectional study, carried out in two constituent campuses of Surkhet, was to explore an association between menstrual hygiene practice and exposure to RH risk among female students. Stratified sampling was applied to recruiting 282 female students for this study. For data collection, a self-administrative questionnaire was conducted. The majority of the respondents in this study were between the ages of 19 and 24, the upper-caste Hindus, married and unemployed. The study found that the average age of the menarche among rural and urban female students of the selected campuses was 13.73 years. It was found that many girls in rural campuses faced restrictions during menstruation. Disposable sanitary pads were commonly utilized by them. Reproductive health problems were more common among the female students in the urban campuses, including genital itching, urinary tract infections, and menstrual problems. The computed relative risk of restricting the practice, bathing once a day, and utilizing a sanitary disposal pad was less than 1, indicating that using a sanitary disposal pad minimizes the likelihood of RH problems. The results of the study indicated that those who change absorbents as needed and use homemade pads may have experienced RH problems. Deriving on the results of this study, it is suggested that research and advocacy regarding this issue be raised at campuses.

Impact of Virtual Interviewing on Time and Financial Costs for NRMP© Applicants: Did Regional Campus Students Save More?

Background and Objectives: The sudden change from in-person to remote interviews by the National Residency Matching Program© (NRMP©) in 2020 was expected to result in significant financial and time savings for applicants. This project aimed to compare savings before and after the 2020-2021 interviewing season reported by students graduating from our institution’s regional and main campuses. Methods: Data were collected over a six-year period at a Midwestern medical school. Each year, approximately 120 main campus and 75 regional campus students are surveyed regarding specialty choice, number of applications and interviews, time, and expenses to complete the NRMP. Chi-square and t-tests were used to determine statistical differences by campus and by specialty in savings during the 2020-21 interviewing season compared to the previous five years. Results: Data were provided by 957 students. The response rates were 81.5% (regional) and 82% (main campus). Compared to the previous five years, in 2021 main campus students saved $3,990 (79.9%) and regional campus students saved $2,789 (77.1%). The previous highly significant differences in expenses between campuses ($1,386 ± $243) dropped to $185 (p = 0.3). On both campuses, applicants to non-primary care specialties saved more than their classmates applying to primary care. The largest average saving was reported by non-primary care applicants on the main campus ($4,207) and the smallest by regional applicants to primary care ($2,328). Main campus applicants reported saving 13.1 and regional campus 15.4 days interviewing in 2021. The smallest average time saving was reported by main campus applicants to non-primary care (12.7 days) and the largest (16.2 days) by regional campus applicants to primary care. No significant changes occurred in number of applications, interviews, or Match outcomes in 2021 compared to previous years. Conclusion: Prior to 2021, students from our institution’s regional campus reported lower costs and similar interviewing time than their peers on the main campus. Cost and time were significantly decreased in 2021 for both regional and main campus students applying to any specialty and differences between campuses reduced to non-significant levels. The number of applications, completed interviews, and Match outcomes remained similar to previous years. Changes to the NRMP© incorporating remote interviewing may reduce applicant costs by 80% and provide up to two weeks of available curricular time in the senior year of medical school.

Risky sexual behaviors among undergraduates of Pamo University of Medical Sciences: Exploring contributory factors and outcomes

Undergraduates experience overwhelming changes and challenges that expose them to risky sexual behaviors, an act that leads to physical, psychosocial harm and its predictors contribute to lost lecture hours among campus students; hence this study aims at exploring contributory factors and outcomes of risky sexual behaviors among Nursing and Medicine students in PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria. Descriptive survey was conducted in 2019 and 280 students in their first and second year of study from the participating Departments were selected from study population of 491 using Yaro Yamanes sample size formula. Proportionate sampling technique followed by simple randomization was done. Ethical approval and consent were obtained while confidentiality and anonymity were maintained. WHO-adapted questionnaire was administered to respondents with the help of a research assistant. Data was collected using a 3-point Likert statistically-validated questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.8, analyzed and computed on Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21. Mean values below 2.0 were judged insignificant. Findings shows that Ignorance (x¯=2.81), lack of sex education (x¯=2.79), were among the factors that significantly influenced participant’s risky sexual behavior, however, reduced fun associated with use of condom (x¯=1.99) and equivalent of unprotected sex with trust (x¯=1.97) had insignificant impact. Interestingly, participants expressed similar outcomes of risky sexual behavior recording- sexually transmitted infection (x¯=2.80), pregnancy (x¯=2.76) abortion (x¯=2.71), out of School due to non-support by family (x¯=2.65); among others. Finally, risky sexual behavior among undergraduates affects the academic pursuit and there is need to continue reproductive health education if Sustainable Development Goals five and six will be achieved.

Towards Inclusive Education for Special Need Students in Higher Education from the Perspective of Faculty Members: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract: Special need individuals’ participation in various sectors including education has gained full attention and support from the government. However, they remain underrepresented in getting access to tertiary education. Higher education is committed in providing inclusive campus environment for special need students. Currently, there are several issues faced by higher education administration in providing inclusive campus. Studies that systematically review the literature on issues and challenge in providing inclusive campus for special need students (SNS) remain insufficient. Hence, this article intends to present a systematic literature review on the challenges in creating inclusive campus environment among higher education administrators. The review was based on the publication standard, namely ROSES (RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses). Two leading databases of Scopus and Web of Science, and five supporting databases were selected. Based on the thematic analysis, this review has four main themes namely 1) special need student; 2) inclusive campus; 3) challenges; 4) faculty member. The study offered several significant contributions for practical purposes. Findings from this review offer an insight for the higher education administrator to strategize in creating an inclusive campus for the SNS. To be more certain, future studies on SNS inclusively especially in Malaysia context are recommended.
 
 Keywords: Higher Education, Inclusive environment, Special need student

Knowledge, attitudes and control practices regarding venomous arthropods among staff and students in a Nigerian public university campus.

The objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge, attitudes and control practices among the staff and students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, regarding venomous arthropods. The knowledge, attitudes and control practices regarding venomous arthropods were assessed in 350 participants. The respondents were aware of the presence of venomous arthropods at NAU and they had seen them on campus, with spiders (40.44%) being the most common and electric ants (1.39%) being the least common. The control practices applied to limit the activities of these arthropods included keeping the environment clean (40.80%), the use of insecticides (37.33%), the use of repellents (8.68%), spraying houses with kerosene (7.81%), spraying of fuel on the arthropods (3.47%), screening of houses (1.39%) and the use of bed nets (0.52%). An assessment and determination of knowledge, attitudes and control practices regarding venomous arthropods among the staff and students of NAU is necessary in order to improve the preventive measures to reduce injuries caused by venomous arthropod encounters, which are some of the most underestimated health hazards in tropical regions, including southeastern Nigeria, affecting primarily rural communities. According to the findings of our study, students and staff at NAU are rarely involved in life-threatening incidents as a result of their encounters with venomous arthropods and most apply several globally accepted standard practices for the control of venomous arthropods.

Core Self-Evaluation, Writing Motivation, and Business Writing Performance of College Third Year Students of Occidental Mindoro State College

This predictive cross-sectional study explored core self-evaluation, level of writing motivation, and their influence on the business writing performance of junior business students at Occidental Mindoro State College. One hundred fifty junior business students of Occidental Mindoro State College Main Campus in Academic Year 2020-2021 selected through a simple random sampling technique were the respondents in the study. It was found that the student’s level of core self-evaluation was moderate considering their results in the locus of control, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. However, the students are highly motivated in performing their writing activities. Therefore, the improvement in core self-evaluation may slightly improve writing motivation and writing performance. Likewise, improving writing motivation may slightly improve the writing performance of business students. The positive beta coefficients indicate that if the indicators of writing motivation are improved, the students’ writing performance becomes better. Thus, core self-evaluation and writing motivation affect students’ business writing performance.

Students Who Experienced Foster Care are on Campus: Are Colleges Ready?

Though most youth in the foster care system aspire to attend college, few have the opportunity to do so. For myriad reasons, including lack of historical representation on college campuses, sub- par Pk-12 education, and postsecondary barriers to admissions, enrollment, and financial aid, most college students who experienced foster care depart college without earning a degree. As the barriers to college for this population of students emerges, postsecondary institutions are pre- paring their campuses for students with unique needs. This qualitative study explores how student affairs professionals in one university system support college students previously in foster care. Professionals and teams of professionals working at six different institutions across the university system participated in interviews that emphasized the ways campuses used resources to meet students’ hierarchy of needs. Based on the results of this research, student affairs professionals support students’ foundational physiological and safety needs in myriad ways. In doing so, student affair professionals add to the motivation necessary for students to move towards belonging, esteem, and actualization.

FORMATION OF THE CAMPUS AS A STUDENT SETTLEMENT

The article highlights the characteristic features and the main cause-and-effect relationship of university campuses with the urban environment and, in particular, their purely functional content with science, education, living, recreation, which is carried out in an architectural-spatial environment. The article examines the historical context and the main stages of the development of student campuses in order to study the patterns of campus formation in accordance with the socio-cultural development of society. Foreign and domestic experience are considered. Current trends in the development of student campuses are briefly identified.
 Formulation of the problem. The latest level of civilization in the development of society determines the need for close attention to the development of science, modern educational technologies. A society that imitates the transition of industrial development is in the post-industrial period and makes the transition to the information society, needs the latest organization of education and, accordingly, the formation of the latest architectural and planning structures of university complexes. Modern technology parks, which are the newest multifunctional architectural and planning formations, began the development of this system of student campuses, aimed at overcoming the socio-economic crisis of the postwar period of the 50s and launched the latest system of urban planning, where education, science, housing, commercial and technological activities are located in a compact settlement, which fully contributes to the goal of intensifying science and economics. Modern university complexes also have their own civilizational mission of progress, which requires the implementation of the task of continuing education within the purposefully formed urban and architectural spatial planning structures of campuses. Comfortable living, conditions of continuing education, places of public space, conditions for maintaining a healthy physical shape, cultural development - a necessary basis for the implementation of the program of continuing development and education.

Evaluation survey of knowledge, attitude, belief and practices amongst nursing and paramedical students about appropriateness and challenges related to COVID-19 surcease measures

Background: COVID-19 pandemic is harassing human beings for about 2 years from now. We are constantly designing and devising remedial modalities to get over it. A massive vaccination campaign is going on all over the world to achieve desired level of herd immunity. Still the key is preventive strategies including COVID-19 appropriate behaviour at the individual level.Methods: A cross sectional study was undertaken amongst paramedical students of a university campus to capture their understanding about different aspects of this pandemic by an 18 items based questionnaire.Results: More than 80% of study participants answered correctly about the asked question except aspects related to COVID-19 in children and about spread of infection via asymptomatic cases.Conclusions: Governments of various states should start multiple educational programs at grass root level to bring about a change. Behaviour change communication (BCC) and information, education, communication (IEC) strategies would be ideal to impart health education to meet the desired goals and objectives of bringing awareness amongst lay public.

Supporting Student Experience During the Pandemic and Beyond

This article reports the findings from a small-scale, qualitative and phenomenological institutional research project, undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic, on the experiences of undergraduate students from groups who are traditionally under-represented in higher education in the United Kingdom. Documenting the first two phases of a longitudinal study carried out at one university in England, the over-arching research question investigated here using semi-structured interviews was: How has the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impacted student experiences and learning at university? Key themes identified included worry, a sense of loss, feelings of connection and support, a sense of a new geography of campus life and students' need to feel "in the loop". Evidence of changes with longer-term implications were also found, namely, an evolution in the relationship between students and their institution. A series of suggestions are presented based on the findings aimed at mitigating some of the ongoing negative effects of the pandemic on students.

Emotional intelligence among nursing students of a government campus in eastern Nepal

Background: Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise one’s own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and others. It is important to identify the level of emotional intelligence among nursing students for effective nursing leadership and quality nursing care. Objective: To assess the level of emotional intelligence of nursing students. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive research design was used to assess the level of emotional intelligence among 132 nursing students at Biratnagar Nursing Campus, Nepal. Data were collected by census method using self-administered structured questionnaire from 2018-05-13 to 2018-05-27. Emotional intelligence was measured using the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square test) was analysed to find out the association between emotional intelligence and demographic variables. Results: The findings showed that 96 (72.7%) of the respondents were from the 15 to 18 years age group. Similarly, 104 (78.8%) of the respondents had joined nursing education by their own choice. This study showed the majority 108 (81.8%) had a high level of emotional intelligence and 24 (18.2%) had a moderate level of emotional intelligence. There was no association between student’s level of emotional intelligence and their demographic variables. Conclusion: The participating nursing students had high levels of emotional intelligence. Owing to growing complexity in the healthcare environment and increasing expectations of clients in today’s competitive health care marketplace, the nursing students should be provided with emotional intelligence training and concepts should be incorporated into the nursing curriculum.

On-the-Job Training Performance of the Bachelor in Hotel and Restaurant Service Technology Students

One of the important inputs the school may consider in crafting their program curriculum is the performance of the students in the workplace, so the researcher aimed to determine the level of on-the-job training performance of the Bachelor in Hotel and Restaurant Service Technology students at Bohol Island State University – Candijay Campus, SY 2016 - 2017. Profile of each BHRST student in terms of age, gender, and OJT grade was sought as well as the level of performance of the BHRST students as perceived by the industry heads in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Problems encountered by the students and immediate heads were also identified. A descriptive-correlation method of research was utilized. Profile, OJT performance, and the problems encountered were gathered, processed, analyzed, and interpreted. The findings served as the basis for a proposed action plan. Fifty (50) second-year BHRST OJT students, the School Year 2015-2016, and fifty (50) immediate heads of the ten (10) partner hotels purposively took the study. This study was conducted in Bohol Island State University – Candijay Campus, Bohol Province. The instrument used in this study is a researcher-made questionnaire and employed frequency, percent, weighted mean, ranking, mean ranges, and chi-square as statistical tools to summarize, analyze, and interpret the data. Findings revealed that most of the OJT students were female and commonly in the age of 18-19 years old. The OJT grade ranges from 1.0 – 1.4 as the highest grade generated. The performances evaluated by the industry heads were very competent, which signifies that they excelled in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitude. Though very competent in their performance, there were encountered problems during their OJT as perceived by the industry heads, and among these were having a hard time working with colleagues, low communication skills, no self-confidence, and always late in attendance. Problems perceived by the students themselves were the following: they missed their families and friends, uncomfortable staff house/boarding house, hard time working and dealing with colleagues, and difficulties in the duration of training was encountered during OJT. Despite these problems encountered, OJT students still performed well in their training as perceived as very competent in terms of their knowledge, skills, and attitude. This denotes that the BHRST students of BISU Candijay Campus gained competence as prescribed by the industry standards. Thus, the adoption of the proposed action plan was recommended to strengthen the OJT program.

Screening Programs for SARS-CoV-2 Infections on a University Campus - Austin, Texas, September 30-November 30, 2020.

Colleges and universities in the United States have relied on various measures during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including implementing testing programs (1-3). These programs have permitted a safer return to campus for students by identifying infected persons and temporarily isolating them from the campus population (2,3). The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) implemented COVID-19 prevention measures in Fall 2020* including the following testing programs: clinic-based diagnostic testing, voluntary community screening, and targeted screening (testing of specific student populations in situations of increased transmission risk). During September 30-November 30, 2020, UT Austin students participated in tests for SARS-CoV-2, which resulted in the detection of 401 unique student cases of COVID-19 from among 32,401 tests conducted.† Among students who participated in one targeted screening program for students attending campus events, 18 (37.5%) of 48 infected students were asymptomatic at the time of their positive test result compared with 45 (23%) of 195 students identified through community testing and nine (5.8%) of 158 students identified through clinic-based testing. Targeted screening also identified a different population of students than did clinic-based and community testing programs. Infected students tested through targeted screening were more likely to be non-Hispanic White persons (chi square=20.42; p<0.03), less likely to engage in public health measures, and more likely to have had interactions in settings where the risk for SARS-CoV-2 transmission is higher, such as restaurants, gyms, and residence halls. In addition to clinic-based SARS-CoV-2 testing at colleges and universities, complementary testing programs such as community and targeted screening might enhance efforts to identify and control SARS-CoV-2 transmission, especially among asymptomatic persons and disproportionately affected populations that might not otherwise be reached.

Epidemic Contact Tracing With Campus WiFi Network and Smartphone-Based Pedestrian Dead Reckoning

Due to the rapid spreading of infectious disease COVID-19, numerous campus students are increasingly exposed to the dilemma and thus the provisioning of a safe environment becomes of vital importance. As a well-established approach, contact tracing could contain epidemic diseases spread. Since WiFi network could cover almost the whole campus and each student carries at least one WiFi capable device (i.e., smartphone), in this work, an epidemic contact tracing with campus WiFi network and smartphone-based pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) is proposed, involving not only coarse-grained duration, but also fine-grained distance between students. First, students' location distribution and duration are captured by non-perception WiFi network logs with highly flexibility. Then, the convolutional neural network (CNN) model is utilized to real-time recognize landmarks in PDR positioning trajectory, followed by the particle filter algorithm to fuse both the PDR positioning results and detected landmarks, thereby calibrating PDR cumulative error and calculating the social distance between students. Next, we analyze the contact degree between students by integrating duration and social distance. Finally, in a campus environment with an coverage of about 600m <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> , we simulate a COVID-19 case study to validate proposed approach, showing that the average positioning error is reduced from 3.23m to 2.77m.

Student Campus Placement Prediction Analysis using ChiSquared Test on Machine Learning Algorithms

Every higher education institute aims to provide the best career opportunities for their students as part of the outcome based education system. In India, campus placements for students while pursuing their 4th year of engineering is a predominant factor since the reputation of any institute largely depends on reputed recruiting companies visiting campus and the number of placement offers being given to eligible students. Hence, campuses offer personality development training to their students just before the commencement of the placement season while students try to maintain a minimum CGPA which would ensure their eligibility to apply for companies of their choice. The purpose of this paper is to predict a student’s chances of obtaining a pre-placement offer while still in campus on the basis of various academic and non-academic factors. The dataset used for the prediction analysis consists of student related aspects such as their university seat numbers, academic grades and personality training parameters. The training models have been designed using the WEKA tool and in addition to supervised machine learning classification algorithms, Chi-squared tests has been implemented on the dataset to only obtain those attributes that might be the highest requirement for campus placements of students.

Hiding the unwanted: A University-level campus carry policy

Campus carry laws have allowed civilians to legally bring their concealed firearms onto college and university campuses in several states in the U.S. over the past decade. Previous studies have addressed the policy’s legal grounds, arguments for and against it, impacts on campus safety, and faculty and students’ attitudes toward it. This paper examines the less addressed topic of policy implementation, especially the role of universities in modifying the outcomes, including what kinds of rules the higher educational institutions themselves have designed and what these approaches mean. The article focuses on Texas, where public higher educational institutions were required to allow campus carry but also given some discretion in implementation. The article provides a qualitative content analysis of policy documents and expert interviews regarding the campus carry policy at The University of Texas at Austin. It argues that the university fully accomplishes the law, but through its policy it has also sought to hide it, removing the issue from everyday life on campus.

Students in Off-Campus Accommodation in the University of Education, Winneba and the Effect on Academic Activities, Ghana

The provision of accessible, decent, safe and academically conducive accommodation for students in higher institutions is of great importance to enable the students perform academic activities excellently. In Ghana, regardless of Government’s efforts to meet the accommodation needs of all tertiary students; there is still the issue of accommodation deficit among students in various campuses. This phenomenon has called for accommodation policies in various universities in Ghana, including University of Education, Winneba. This paper investigates students in off-campus accommodation in relations to factors influencing choice of accommodation and effect of off-campus accommodation on students’ academic activities in University of Education, Winneba. Descriptive survey was employed for the study. Using multistage sampling (stratified, purposive, convenience and random sampling), 250 respondents were selected for the questionnaire survey. Frequencies, percentages and mean values organized in tables were statistical tools for analysis. The study revealed that majority of students on off-campus accommodation in UEW take into account factors such as security, utility, sanitation, condition of apartment and proximity, including number of occupants, neighbourhood and cost of the apartment when choosing accommodation. Subsequently, the study shows that off-campus accommodation has no adverse effect on academic activities on majority of students’ in UEW regarding opportunity to do private studies; lateness to lecture; lateness in submission of assignment; poor performance in examination and quizzes. This notwithstanding, off –campus accommodation in UEW adversely affect students’ group work; access to library and access to internet. The study recommends that providers of hotels, flats and compound homes that accommodate of-campus students should continue to ensure the provision of adequate security, toilets and other domestic facilities as well as keeping the sanitation clean to attract more students. However, the facility providers should provide internet at their premises to enable students in off-campus accommodation get access to internet, since internet use is inevitable in doing academic work in recent times. Further, students in off-campus accommodation are encouraged to form study groups particularly those offering the same programmes and courses.

Digital Learning and Teaching in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic : Challenges, Opportunities,and Solutions

Abstract&#x0D; The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world and changed the map of education. Higher education institutions have been forced to close and hold digital learning classes to cope with governmental regulations prohibiting face-to-face interactions. This includes STIAMI Institute of Social and Management Science branch Bekasi City. With a total of 2593 students, 130 lecturers, and 60 campus administration staffs, civitas academica of Institut STIAMI Bekasi have been inevitably learning and working from home since February 2020. Such change has caused challenges and opportunities. Hence, the following paper tries to dissect students', lecturers', and campus administrations' perspectives about digital learning and teaching. The method used in the research is qualitative with case study approach, incorporating in-depth interviews and observations. Based on the results, all parties perceived full digital learning and teaching as best decision to cut the pandemic chain, although found it as a challenge and have experienced mental health and technical problems, yet found positive outcomes that lead to education without boundaries. Thus, it is recommended to hold private and group consultations; interactive workshops; local-national-international cooperations to ensure digital learning and teaching in the long run becomes bearable, productive, and beneficial for everyone involved. &#x0D;

Effect of social media on Academic Learning Achievement of the University Students: A case study of UOS Bhakkar Campus Students

The study aims to inspect the effect of social media, and academic learning achievement of students. The main objectives of the current study were to analyze the association between the use of social media and students' academic learning achievement and assess the level of academic performance among students concerning the intensive use of social media. A quantitative research design was used, and data has been collected from 120 students through a questionnaire using a simple random sampling technique. A Paired sample t-Test has been applied in this research to test the hypothesis. This study showed that social media positively influences the academic learning achievement of UOS Bhakkar campus students. However, it was concluded that the significant value sig= (.000) was less than .05, which was an actual measure for accepting or rejecting the hypothesis, so the null hypothesis was rejected, and the main hypothesis was accepted. There is a significant association between the use of Social Media and students' academic learning achievement. The study will support the government and university regarding making facilities available, such as the Internet, etc. It will also draw students' courtesy to the need for responsible use of social media in their academic work.