IMPACT OF SOME DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES ON ACADEMIC NEEDS ACHIEVEMENT AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF TWO NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES: COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS
IMPACT OF SOME DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES ON ACADEMIC NEEDS ACHIEVEMENT AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF TWO NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES: COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS
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2014-09
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RAFIU, AKEEM AKANNI
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This study employs survey design in investigating the impact of some demographic variables on academic needs achievement among undergraduate students of the two Nigerian universities: counselling implication. The sample of the study is made of 367 undergraduate students from the two universities constituted the study, out of which 162 are from faculty of Education, 36 from faculty of Pharmacy and 60 from faculty of Law Ahmadu Bello University while 71 are from faculty Education, 14 from faculty of Pharmacy and 24 from faculty Law University of Ibadan drawn through simple random techniques. The Instrument used to collect information was an adopted Academic Needs Achievement Scale by Bakare (1977). Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings revealed that location of university is not a significant factor on academic needs achievement of undergraduate student in favour of Ahmadu Bello university with p value of 0.230 which is greater than alpha value of 0.05 (P =0.230 > alpha= 0.05),gender has no significant impact on the academic needs achievement of undergraduate students in favour of Ahmadu Bello University with p value of 0.809 > alpha value of 0.05(p=0.809> 0.05 ) and the course of study has significant impact on academic needs achievement undergraduate students with F-cal value of 7.618 > F- crit value of 3.021.Base on the findings of this study it was recommended that students should be taught how to learn and develop a good academic needs achievement, that male and female undergraduate students should be encourages to put more efforts and commitment to their study .
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF A
MASTER DEGREE IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
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IMPACT,, DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES,, ACADEMIC NEEDS ACHIEVEMENT,, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS,, COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS,