Percieved Influence of Provision of Facilities as Management Strategy on the Control of Indisciplinary Behaviors among University Students in North Central Nigeria

Abstract

This paper investigated the Influence of Provision of facilities as management strategy on the Control of Indisciplinary Behaviors among University Students in North Central Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The sample size was 368 out of a target population of 4630 administrators including lecturers and student union executives from 13 public Universities in North Central Zone of Nigeria. A 30-item questionnaire titled Management Strategies on the Control of Indisciplinary Behaviors among University Students Questionnaire (MSCIBAUSQ) was used as instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by experts from Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi and Federal University Lafia, respectively. The reliability coefficient that was obtained for the study was 0.90. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the two research questions.  Chi-square was used to test the two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the provision of facilities such as water, electricity, good class rooms, library and laboratory facilities and recreational facilities would significantly influence the control of indiciplinary behaviors among university students in North Central Nigeria.  Based on the findings of this study, the researcher recommended that University Administrators should always ensure that basic facilities needed for teaching and learning are available so as to encourage students' concentration and reduce indisciplinary behaviors in the universities.