ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE TREND OF QUANTITY SURVEYING STUDENTS IN CORE QUANTITY SURVEYING COURSES IN SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

This study assessed the performance trend of Quantity Surveying students in Core Quantity Surveying courses in Tertiary institutions offering the course in Niger State. The number of students who applied Quantity Surveying as their first choice was analyzed, the performance trend over a period of six years was studied and factors affecting the performance of students were studied. This research adopted the descriptive method of data analysis and data on the academic performance of students were collected over a period of six academic sessions. Questionnaires were administered to the students in all the institutions studied to get their opinion on the factors affecting the performance in the selected core courses. As such this research concludes that majority of students currently studying Quantity Surveying settled for it when their preferred course of study was unavailable Advanced Measurement, Civil Engineering Measurement and Heavy Engineering Measurement had the lowest academic performances of students when compared to other core Quantity Surveying courses in all the tertiary institutions in Niger State. Poor understanding of Construction Technology and Lack of interest is the main factor affecting students’ academic performance as perceived from the analysis. In order to improve the performance in Measurement courses, more practical teaching methods should be adopted for example technical staff should often take the student to site to increase their constructional knowledge