PATTERNS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONG STUDENTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS ' COLLEGE , GBOKO BENUE STATE
PATTERNS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONG STUDENTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS ' COLLEGE , GBOKO BENUE STATE
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1992
Authors
MICHAEL, TERWASE ANJI
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Since N i g e r i a is a c o u n t r y of d i v e r s e peoples
and c u l t u r e s , t t e i s s u e of morale and s p i r i t u a l v a l u es
in i n t e r - p e r s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p has been a problem.
I n an attempt to solve t h e s e problems many a c t i o n s and
s t e p s have been taken by the Federal Government.
of t h e s e s t e p s include the s e t t i n g up of F e d e r al
Government Colleges whose o b j e c t i v e s include the
improvement of u n i t y among the youths of t h i s c o u n t ry
i r r e s p e c t i v e of b i r t h , creed or s o c i a l s t a t u s . Some
of these schools set up i n c l u d e , Kings and Queens
C o l l e g e s , I a g o s , F e d e r a l Government Girls C o l l e g e,
Gboko e t c . This p r o j e c t then f o c u s s e s i t s a t t e n t i on
on the p a t t e r n s of s o c i a l i n t e r a c t i o n among the
s t u d e n t s of one of these s c h o o l s.
This r e s e a r c h was conducted at F e d e r a l Government
G i r l s ' C o l l e g e , Gboko in Benue S t a t e . The s c h o o l has
a p o p u l a t i o n of 1,120 s t u d e n t s from where 480 were
sampled for the r e s e a r c h . A modified s o c i o m e t r ic
q u e s t i o n n a i r e was used to c o l l e c t the d a t a a f t e r a
p i l o t s t u d y was conducted at F e d e r a l Government G i r l s'
C o l l e g e , Zaria to v a l i d a t e the i n s t r u m e n t . Then the
l i t e r a t u r e p e r t i n e n t to t h i s work was r e v i e w e d.
To conduct t h i s r e s e a r c h some assumptions were
borne in mind. These were t h a t the s t u d e n t s p a t t e rn
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PATTERNS,, SOCIAL INTERACTION,, STUDENTS,, BENUE STATE