LECTURES ABSENTEEISM AMONG UNDERGRADUATES: A CASE STUDY OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA-NIGERIA

ROMINA IFEOMA ASIYAI

LECTURES ABSENTEEISM AMONG UNDERGRADUATES: A CASE STUDY OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA-NIGERIA

ROMINA IFEOMA ASIYAI

Abstract

This study investigated lectures absenteeism among undergraduate students of Delta State University Abraka, aimed at finding out the extent of lectures absenteeism among male and female students, identify the factors responsible and ascertain the motivational causes of lectures absenteeism. The study provided answers to three research questions. The sample of the study comprised 380 (male n= 160 and female, n=220) randomly selected from four out of eight departments of the Faculty of Education of the university. Interview and questionnaire were the instruments for data collection. Statistical Package of the Social Sciences was employed for data analysis. The results obtained revealed that the lectures absenteeism was prevalent to a great extent. The factors responsible for lectures absenteeism were identified. The study recommendations that the university should establish an attendance policy that would motivate perfect attendance and punish non attendance and chronic non attendance among students of the university.

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