Students’ Assessment of Hostel Facilities in The Polytechnic Ibadan, Nigeria: Realities and Challenges
Provision of on-campus accommodation for students influences students’ academic performance and social integration. In order to ensure that students’ hostels in tertiary institutions particularly in Nigeria justify this assertion, there is a need to deal with facilities gaps in students’ housing. This study examines the status of students’ hostel facilities in The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria, with a view to recognizing the improvement for satisfactory housing for students in tertiary institutions. Using questionnaire, 2 (two) hostels representing half of the total hostels were purposively selected. Subsequently, 101 representing twenty percent (20%) of the total population were systematically sampled from the selected hostels. The data obtained from the survey were analyzed using descriptive analysis such as frequency distribution to assess the general level of student’ housing facilities and second, to determine the status of hostel facilities. The results of the analysis indicate gross inadequacy of students’ housing facilities as a result of non-provision, obsolescence, and inadequate maintenance. It was equally observed that some of the facilities are not evenly distributed. However, the results also revealed adequacy of few facilities. It is recommended that improvement be made on those facilities that were not adequate, while those considered to be adequate should be maintained and sustained by the authorities concerned. Keywords: Student, Hostel, Facility, Polytechnic, Adequacy, Inadequacy and Nigeria DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-30-10 Publication date :October 31 st 2019