Administrative, Social and Structural Factors as Predictors of Access to Public University Education in Nigeria
Abstract
Access to education is a human right phenomenon which is greatly encouraged by local, regional and international human rights declarations and other similar allied documents in the world. Despite this development, the manner in which access to education is fostered and provided varies from one country to another worldwide. In Nigeria, access to education, especially university education is hunted by numerous factors, some of which are legally created to boost it, but turn out to become issues due the ways they are implemented. Therefore, this study investigated the extent at which administrative, social and structural factors potentially influence access to university education in Nigeria. Therefore, to achieve the objectives of the study, one hundred and fifty (150) undergraduate students were selected as samples from University of Ibadan. Stratified sampling technique cum random sampling method was used for the selection of respondents for the study. A self-structured questionnaire titled �Administrative, Social and Structural Factors as Predictors of Access to University Education Questionnaire (ASSFPAUEQ)� was used for collection of data. The coefficients cronbach alpha method of reliability was calculated and the instrument was found to be 0.752, 0.772 and 0.679 for administrative, social and structural factors respectively. Data collected was analysed through Pearson Product Moment correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis. The study discovered that all the independent variables contributed significantly to the prediction of access to University education, and it was recommended that a complete review of the administrative, social and structural factors should be conducted in order make them more productive to increase access to university education in the country.
Keywords
Access, Administrative Factors, Social Factors and Structural Factors
Authors
Olayemi J. ABIODUN-OYEBANJI, Olabamiji, A.E STEPHEN
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