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    Influence of Availability and Serviceability of Student Accommodation Facilities on Student Performance in Federal University of Technology, Minna
    (School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2019) Adama Unekwu Jonathan; Ocheja David; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Ayuba Philip; Ogunbode Ezekiel B
    Student accommodation facilities are provided by institutions of higher learning in order to enhance the academic experience of the students. Accommodation facilities provide the basis for quality tertiary education. Extant studies affirmed that adequacy of hostel facilities affect the academic performance of students residing in hostel. Although, most Nigerian tertiary institutions are characterised by inadequate hostel facilities. This study was conducted to assess the effect of availability and serviceability of hostel facilities on students’ academic performance at the Federal University of Technology Minna, Gidan Kwano campus. The total population of students residing in the hostels as at 2018/2019 session was 1,930. Systematic and convenient random sampling technique were used in selecting 219 students as the sample size for the study. Online survey was employed in administering questionnaire to the sampled students. The study found that 66.9% of the hostel facilities are available and serviceable while 32.9% are unavailable and unserviceable. Although, result of the study revealed that facilities such as study room, sport centres, internet service, air condition and study chair/table are unavailable and unserviceable in the hostels, students have continued to have good performance. The result further showed that only 26% of sampled students were below thirdclass division, while 162 students are in the category of second-class lower and above. The study recommends that the institution should ensure that adequate student accommodation facilities are provided in serviceable condition to further enhance student learning and good performance.
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    Availability, sufficiency and use of school library resources by students: a case study of Police Secondary School Library, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
    (The Nigerian School Library Association., 2018-10-29) Mohammed Saba Adamu, J. Joel Kolo, Alice Adebisi & Fati Abubakar
    This study investigated the availability, sufficiency and use of library resources by secondary school students in Police Secondary School (PSS) Minna Library. The research design adopted for this study was descriptive survey research method. The population of the study consisted of Senior Secondary two (SS2) and Senior Secondary three (SS3). A total of eighty (80) copies of the questionnaire were distributed and seventy-seven (77) were returned and used. The instruments used for data collection were observation checklist containing items on availability of information resources and questionnaire containing items on sufficiency and use of information resources by students; factors militating against the use of information and strategies to enhance use of information resources. Data collected were analysed using frequencies and percentages. Findings showed that computer assisted instructional resources were not available and as such could not be determined whether sufficient or not, only few students make effective use of school library. The study recommended that computer assisted instructional resources should be acquire in the school library to enhance effective use of information resources in the school library.