Universities In South West Nigeria Research Articles

Pedagogical Practices In Teaching Entrepreneurship Education In Universities In South-West Nigeria

The study examined the qualifications of entrepreneurship education lecturers and pedagogical practices in teaching entrepreneurship education in universities in south-west Nigeria. Stratified sampling was used to classify universities in Nigeria into federal, state and private based on ownerships of the institutions. Using simple random sampling, four universities each were selected from federal and state strata totaling eight universities while private stratum was purposively partial out. Purposive and random sampling were used to select 51 entrepreneurship education lecturers, 6 directors of EDCs and 831 400L undergraduates. Two instruments designed and validated by the investigators were used for data collection. Results indicated that non-specialists teach entrepreneusrship education; writing and presenting business plans and feasibility study is the most common teaching strategies in teaching entrepreneurship education. There is a significant influence of approach of the institution to internship on undergraduates’ disposition to self- employment (F (2,828) = 3.209; P <0.05). Hence, employment of qualified lecturers, artisans, practicing entrepreneurs and construction of incubation centres in teaching entrepreneurship education in universities in south-west Nigeria are imperative.

Social influence and cognitive instrumental factors as facilitators of perceived usefulness of electronic resources among library personnel in private universities in South-west, Nigeria

PurposeThe study examined the applicability of TAM2 theoretical constructs of social influence and cognitive instrumental factors vis-à-vis the facilitation of perceived usefulness of electronic resources among library personnel in private universities in South-west Nigeria.Design/Methodology/ApproachDescriptive research design of correlational type alongside the single-stage random sampling technique were used to select 212 respondents from a population size of 259 library personnel across the 21 private universities in South-west Nigeria. The instrument used to elicit data was the questionnaire. Of the 212 copies of the questionnaire administered, 181 (85.4 per cent) were found valid for analysis.FindingsSocial influence and cognitive instrumental factors significantly had relationship with and facilitated perceived usefulness of electronic resources. Similarly, the study revealed that cognitive instrumental factors are stronger facilitators of perceived usefulness of electronic resources than social influence factors among library personnel in private universities in South-west, Nigeria.Practical implicationsImplementation of electronic resources without ascertaining library personnel usefulness perception leads to resource underutilisation and wastage. Management of private university libraries should, therefore, take into cognisance the usefulness perception of library personnel before the implementation of electronic resources for optimum utilisation.Originality/valueThere is no known research endeavour within the Nigerian context that examined perceived usefulness of electronic resources among library personnel in the private university domain, using the additional theoretical constructs of TAM2 as our research model suggests. This study is, therefore, a pioneering effort towards ascertaining library personnel’s perceived usefulness of electronic resources prior acceptance and use in private university libraries.

Teaching With Web 2.0 Technologies in Selected Federal Universities in South West Nigeria

The purpose of the study reported on in this article was to investigate the extent of use of Web 2.0 for teaching purposes in federal universities in South West Nigeria. The study addressed two research objectives, namely: (1) to examine the extent to which Web 2.0 technologies are integrated into teaching in the selected federal universities; and (2) to investigate the factors influencing the use of Web 2.0 technologies for teaching purposes. The study was guided by the updated DeLone and McLean (DM create enabling policies; improve academic staff attitudes towards the use of technologies for teaching purposes; and develop capacity.

Use of social media by science students in public universities in Southwest Nigeria

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of social media for academic practices by science students of public universities in Southwest Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – Descriptive design was used for the study. Research instrument used was questionnaire where 140 copies were administered to science students, using purposive sampling technique. Three institutions in southwest of Nigeria were selected for the study. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed to students in their lecture rooms and laboratories during practical classes with the permission and assistance of their lecturers. The data collected were analysed using frequency and simple percentage. Findings – The results reveal that among the various social media networks available, Facebook (93.48 per cent) is the most recognized and most famous, followed by Google+ (63.77 per cent) and Twitter (47.83 per cent). Two-third of the students make use of social media daily to remain up-to-date with trending events/news and to occupy free time when they are bored, among other reasons. The findings show that Google+ (52.17 per cent) is the most beneficial social media network followed by Facebook (29.7 per cent) and Wikia (23.91 per cent). Most of the science students are knowledgeable in the usage and application of social media, while majority of them considered poor Internet connectivity, receiving of unwanted messages/pictures and electricity failure as the leading problems encountered while using social media. Originality/value – The study was necessary to identify the use and application of social media by science students in public universities in Southwest Nigeria.

The effectiveness of student involvement in decisionmaking and university leadership: A comparative analysis of 12 universities in South-west Nigeria

This study examines student involvement in university leadership and decision-makingand its impacts on leadership effectiveness in universities in Nigeria. The study uses adescriptive survey conducted among students and staff in all 12 of the public and privateuniversities in South-West Nigeria.1 The research findings indicate that there is a significantrelationship between student involvement in decision-making and leadership effectiveness.It also reveals that there are significant differences between decision-making with studentinvolvement and decision-making without student involvement. Conversely, no significantdifference was found in leadership effectiveness between decision-making in public andprivate universities. The study finally reveals that there is a significant relationship betweenthe management-student relationship and teaching effectiveness. The results therefore showthat, for leadership and teaching effectiveness to be improved in Nigerian universities,provision should be made for the adequate involvement of students in decision-making onimportant matters relating to university administration.

Effect of Job Enrichment on Employee Motivation in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria

INTRODUCTION:Employees in every organization want to draw fulfillments from their jobs and every human resource Managers/management wants the employees to be fulfilled being the most important resources of the organization. But managers for ages have been struggling on how to make them get the fulfillment (Magaji, 2014). Globalization has created many challenges for multinational and local organizations such as cost of production that is on the increase day by day due to universal factors such as world recession, resource limitation, modern world computing, information technology and trends that have affected the way work is done and also changed the face of competition among organizations. The problem of job enrichment stemmed from the fact that in today's rapidly corporate environment, organizations globally want to maximize the potential of their human resources to stay ahead of the aggressive competition to survive in the middle of the quest. (Raza and Nawaz 2011; Mohsan, Nawaz, Khan, Shaukat,& Aslam, (2011) Dost and Khan (2012).Shilpa, Ali, Sathyanarayana, Rani (2013), argued that in spite of the re -assessment of the tradition views of HRM, some employers of labour believe that job enrichment is needless for as long as staff can be used to get money.To them, job enrichment of the workers is a waste of time and financial resources. However this belief has made some organizations not to provide proper job enrichment opportunities, which have r esulted in some workers performing below expectation. Job enrichment is the problem which every supervisor and manager has to face while managing and making their subordinates work (Pride, Huges and Kapoor 2013, Davoudi M Herzberg, 1968: 1987). However, as an effective motivator was popularized by Hackman and Oldham (1976) and was developed by Fredrick Herzberg on the basis of his studies indicating that the most effective way to motivate workers was by focusing on higher order needs. …

Managing Educational Facilities and Students’ Enrolment in Nigerian Universities in South-West Nigeria

Investigations into the factors that affect management of educational facilities on students ‘enrolment have attracted the interest and concern of researchers, universities administrators and planners as well as stakeholders in educational sectors in Nigeria. Different factors are capable of influencing the enrolment of students in the Nigerian Universities. Such factors range from the school library, school building, uncondusive classroom environment and the school laboratory. The Study adopted a survey research design of ex-post facto type. Population consisted of 300 participants in which about 50% of the target population was sampled. Multi- stage sampling technique was used to get the sample size in South – western Nigeria. A Standardized research Instrument was used: Managing Educational Facilities and Students Enrolment Questionnaire (MEFSEQ). The Instrument was content, construct and face validated while its reliability co- efficient was established through the test -retest method of 0.84. Inferential Statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression were used to analyses the stated Hypotheses at 0.05 level of Significance. The result showed classroom environment as a major determinant of student enrolment. There was a strong positive significant relationship between the School building and Student Enrolment (0.634; P&lt; 0.05). It was recommended among other that parents should pay full attention to their wards education while the necessary educational facilities should be provided by the school authorities, government as well as the stakeholders in other to aid students’ enrolment as well as learning activities.Key Words: Students Enrolment, Managing, Educational Facilities, Nigeria Universities, South- Western States.

Influence of Family Status and Relationships on Social Phobia among Young Adults in Nigerian Universities

Not very much literature offers a clear review of the influence or relationship of different levels of family status on social phobia among the sufferers. It is opined that there is little doubt that people with social phobia have fewer social relationships than other people because they have been shown to have fewer friends, fewer dating and sexual relationships, and to be less likely to marry than people in the general population or even patients with other anxiety disorders. Social phobia is a debilitating psychiatric condition that is treatable but often remains undetected and untreated and without treatment, clients are at risk for complications, such as reduced quality of life, social interactions, daily functioning, and treatment adherence. This study seeks to fill the gap by investigating the influence of family and relationship status on social phobia among young adults in Nigerian universities. 400 students were surveyed from 5 universities in southwest Nigeria, two of which are private universities and the other three are public ones. The Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) was used to collect data for the study. Findings showed adolescents from divorced homes experience significantly higher social phobia than both adolescents from monogamous and polygamous homes. Findings also show a significant difference in the social phobia of adolescents who were in a relationship and the adolescents who were not. Findings may be useful in further understanding the nature of social phobia among young adults and determining possible clinical intervention in schools.

Predictors of Sexual Abstinence and Attitude towards PLHIV among Undergraduate Students in a Privately Owned University in South West Nigeria

Background: Universities in the high prevalence nations of sub-Saharan Africa have significant proportions of their students and staff being infected with HIV. The prevalence of risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS continues to rise especially among university students. The objective of this study is to identify predictors of sexual abstinence and attitude towards PLHIV among Babcock University students. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 1225 undergraduates selected by multistage sampling technique was conducted in a privately University in Nigeria. Data were collected using structured self-administered questionnaire. Results: All the participants were aware of HIV/AIDS. About one-quarter (24.1%) of the students Original Research Article Abiodun et al.; BJMMR, 8(9): 790-801, 2015; Article no.BJMMR.2015.507 791 had ever had sex. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS was very high as 87.7% of them had very good knowledge. Between 74.1% and 89.8% of the students demonstrated correct attitude towards the various attitude questions about PLHIV. Students who were less than 21 years (AOR=1.64), do not take alcohol (AOR=1.94), those with good knowledge of HIV/AIDS (AOR=2.15) were more likely to abstain from sex than their counterparts respectively. Male participants (AOR=0.64) were less likely to abstain from sex than females. The likelihood of having poor attitude towards PLHIV was less in those with good knowledge (AOR=0.16) and more in those with self-reported poor knowledge (AOR=2.97) than their respective counterparts. Conclusions: This study has identified the factors that promote sexual abstinence and reduce HIV-related stigmatization among young people. Many factors are involved. Hence, an integrated multi-sectoral and multidirectional approach is recommended for the provision of relevant HIV/AIDS knowledge, comprehensive abstinence sexuality education to young persons.

Regulatory Roles of the National Universities Commission and the Quality of Nigerian University Education

The Regulatory Roles of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the quality of Nigerian University Education was investigated in this study. The study employed a descriptive survey design research. The population consisted of public Nigerian universities. Samples were made up of 1,500 subjects, consisting of 200 students each, randomly selected from six public universities in South-West Nigeria and 50 staff members (teaching and non-teaching) from each of the six universities selected. The findings of the study established a moderate level of NUC performance of its regulatory roles, a corresponding moderate level of quality of Nigerian university education, and a significant relationship between NUC performance of its regulatory roles and the quality of Nigerian university education. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were drawn and it was recommended that the government should encourage the National Universities Commission to put up optimal performance and an acceptable credibility to demand compliance from Nigerian universities.

Librarianss Perception of Lecturerss Awareness as a Factor Influencing the Development of Institutional Repository in Public Universities in South-West Nigeria

The growth of open access institutional repositories has been very remarkable in many developed countries. However, academic and research institutions in many developing countries like Nigeria are still battling to overcome many challenging issues in an attempt to make their research outputs openly accessible and available by means of internet technologies like institutional repositories. This research used both primary and secondary sources of information and simple percentage was used to analyse the data for presentation. The research revealed that the main problem faced by the Institutional Repository (IR) development is the perception of librarians towards IR development and willingness of lecturers to support the development of IR. The research found out that Librarians have a negative perception that lecturers are not fully aware of IR and are not willing to support the project by submitting their intellectual property to the university IR. This research work concludes by highlighting the need for librarians to have a positive perception of IR development. Based on the findings it recommends that necessary conferences and capacity building workshops should be encouraged to educate, inform, update and train librarians and other stakeholders on Institutional repository development. Libraries should embrace IR as a development that has come to stay in the Information world and should be encouraged by ensuring that IR development is given priority.

Comparative analysis of sustainable facilities planning and users' satisfaction in Nigerian universities - a standardised residuals approach

This study explores the influence of facilities planning on users' satisfaction in the work environment of three South-West Nigeria universities selected randomly based on federal, state, and private ownership structure. It sought answers to questions relating to the relationships between sustainable facilities planning and users' satisfaction, the strength of the relationships, and the contributive values of the scale for users' satisfaction in the universities. 186 questionnaires were administered to staff and students, and a response rate of 91.9% achieved. The results of cross tabs, standardised residuals and symmetric measures showed weak statistical association between the two variables across the universities, with response time as a common denominator. The study agrees with Steiss (2005) that a systematic planning effort is vital in decision making about construction and financing of strategic facilities. It was concluded that university administrators optimise operations in capital budgeting, space utilisation, response time, and interconnectivity of facilities by strengthening the association between the two variables. The study contributes to the discussion about student-staff perception of sustainable facilities planning in their universities.

Information Literacy Awareness, Perception and Skills Assessment Using Students of National Open University in Southwest Nigeria

This study was carried out to find out the level of information literacy (IL) awareness, perception and skills of students of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). It was based on the fact that IL instruction course is missing in the curriculum of NOUN, thus, it is therefore a necessity to ascertain awareness and perception levels of the students about IL issues well as their skills assessment test. Survey research method was adopted involving 197 respondents that were found during visits to the four study centres for data collection. Questionnaire was used for data collection, which was administered, properly filled, returned, and used for data analysis with descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that NOUN students have poor level of awareness and perception about IL, as a result of rejection level in seven out of ten statements. However, the other accepted three see IL issues as antidote to poor IL skills of students. Generally, the IL assessment test shows that a greater percentage of the students, when summed together lack IL skills. Avenues through which they acquired IL skills were analysed as well as the challenges affecting their IL skills development. Recommendations were made among which are integration of IL Instruction into the curriculum of NOUN and provision of adequate and functional human, infrastructural and information resources for result-oriented service delivery in the libraries.

TEACHING MANAGEMENT COMPETENCE AND STUDENTS’ CLASSROOM REACTION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

This study investigated students’ classroom reaction to lecturers’ classroom teaching and management competence in southwestern Nigerian universities. Two research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. A 25 - item questionnaire was drawn to elicit information from respondents selected randomly from two federal universities and three state-owned universities in southwest Nigeria. The instrument was validated using the test-retest method. The coefficient of reliability was 0.69. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data gathered. The results revealed that the student-lecturer relationship and lecturers’ pedagogical skills are the influencing factors igniting students ’ classroom reaction in southwestern Universities. There is a need for lecturers in Nigerian Universities to improve on their relationship and their teaching methods as these will help to reduce students' absenteeism rate and inattentiveness in the classroom.

Media Access and Exposure as Determinants of the Political Knowledge of Nigerian Undergraduates

Media scholars and political scientists alike are concerned about the issue of the impact of the mass media on the political behaviour of the people as consumers of media texts and output. In Nigeria, this curiosity is the same. The few studies that had been conducted along this direction had differing outcomes while most of them focused on the situation with the adult population. This study therefore examined the predictive relationship between media access and exposure on the political knowledge of undergraduates in selected universities in South West Nigeria. Using the descriptive survey design through a carefully constructed questionnaire, data were obtained from respondents selected across the study locale, to measure and test five hypotheses in the study. Findings showed, among other things that exposure to the electronic media predicted higher political knowledge and behaviour among respondents than the print media. Most of the respondents also chose television as the most preferred and dominant medium of political information in the country. Based on the findings it was recommended that Government and media proprietors should collaborate to widen the access of youths to the print media through reduced costs and attractive contents. Because of its increasing popularity among the people, practitioners in the broadcast media were enjoined to adhere to strict professional standards in order to sustain the patronage of the audience while taking advantage of emerging benefits of the Internet for wider reach and more appealing programmes and programming.

Information Seeking Behaviour and Use of Social Scientists in Selected Universities in Southwest Nigeria

Information Seeking Behaviour and Use of Social Scientists in Selected Universities in Southwest Nigeria

An Analysis of the Cost of Educational Wastages in Nigerian Public Universities: Efficiency in View

The study examined the trend and social costs of educational wastage in public universities in Nigeria between 2008 and 2012. One major challenge confronting university education in Nigeria is that the total number of students enrolled for the academic session does not graduate at the specified period which has humongous social and private costs implication. Wastages across universities and areas of specialization have constituted a management problem and a drain at the limited resources in the Nigeria universities. As a survey method of descriptive research design and ex-post facto, it makes use of some indicators for measuring the wastage rate and the cost in Nigeria universities. Data were collected through the use of a validated self-designed questionnaire titled, Record and Financial Inputs and Output Questionnaire (SRFIOQ) with a reliability coefficient of r = 0.89. The study covered six universities (3 Federal and 3 States) among the eleven public universities in South West Nigeria selected through a purposive simple random sampling method. The participants cut across students in eight faculties of the sampled universities. Data were analyzed using frequency counts, simple percentage score and bar graphs and inferential statistics tools to test the research hypotheses for the study. The study revealed that there were variations in the wastage rate indicating a high percentage wastage rate which exists among faculties in various institutions under study. On the average, social cost on wastage was higher on male undergraduates with N 451,951,012.60 than that of females N 302,807,178.40. There was a significant difference in the social cost of wastages between male and female undergraduates (t-cal= .512< t-val= .413; P

Budgeting Systems in Universities in South-West Nigeria

This study examined the types of budgeting systems adopted by universities in South-West Nigeria. Stratified random sampling was used to select seven universities from five states within the hinterland of Nigeria’s South-West geopolitical zone. A questionnaire entitled Budgeting System Questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings were that the mostly adopted budgeting system by the sampled universities was incremental type with 46.7%, in comparison with line-item, planning programming and zero-based budgeting systems with 33.33%, 16.67 % and 8.33%, respectively. Also, out of the total sum of N80,115,006,285 as expenditure on six selected priority areas in the three academic years by the sampled universities, salaries and allowances had the highest amount of expenditure (i.e. N60.412,111,285) (75.41%) while research and publications had the lowest amount of N211,528,456.64 (0.26%). Based on the findings, it is recommended that the incremental budgeting system which is majorly adopted by universities in Nigeria should be carefully guided to discourage corruption and financial recklessness as it encourages spending up to the budget towards the end of the year so that the budget is maintained the next year. It is also recommended that the NUC gives an award to any university that allocates at least five percent of its revenue expenditure to research and publications.Keywords: Budgeting Systems, Government Universities, South-West Nigeria.

Consumption of fast food and dietary self-efficacy of university undergraduates in Nigeria

Fast-food eating, a dietary pattern that used to be uniquely foreign, has gradually become part of the lifestyle of people in Nigeria, especially those in urban centres. However, studies have shown that the fat dietary behaviour of people while eating generally or in a fast-food restaurant will determine if they are going to be affected by the amount of fat they consume. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the level of consumption of fast food and dietary self-efficacy of undergraduates in three universities in south-west Nigeria to ascertain their confidence in engaging in fat-restrictive actions. A total number of 1950 undergraduate respondents participated in the study. The instrument used for collecting data was a questionnaire, and the data collected were analysed using Pearson's product–moment correlation and t-test. The results indicated that most of the respondents had high consumption of fast food and that the majority of them had moderate dietary self-efficacy in their ability to engage in fat-restrictive actions. Male and female respondents did not differ in the level of consumption of fast food and dietary self-efficacy. In addition, residential and non-residential undergraduates differ in consumption of fast food, but do not differ in dietary self-efficacy. It is concluded, therefore, that there is high consumption of fast foods and moderate dietary self-efficacy among the undergraduates.

Evaluation of Library Materials Usage and Services in Private Universities in Nigeria

This study evaluates the use of library materials and services in four private Universities in south west Nigeria: Babcock University, Covenant University, Lead City University, and Redeemer University. The objective is to assess the degree of the usage of university library resources and services, clientele's perception on the adequacy of the available library resources and services, and the level of users' satisfaction. The data for this study was elucidated through the use of questionnaire, the questionnaire was administered to 255 registered users of the four universities' library and 200 questionnaires were duly filled and returned. The respondents were selected through random sampling of those using the library at that particular time. The finding shows inadequate of library holdings of books and audio visual materials. However, the university libraries' users appreciated the reserved resources system. Finally, it is being recommended that a good percentage of fund should be made available regularly to run the university libraries, there should be acquisition policy/guideline documented and strictly followed by University libraries in acquiring information resources into the library, there should be consistent shelf-reading to put the books in their right places on the shelves, and library staff should adopt marketing strategies in order to make the libraries user friendly, thereby encouraging users for more patronage.