Institutional Factors Associated with Study Habits of Office Technology and Management Students

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The study examined institutional factors associated with study habits of office technology and management students in polytechnics Kogi State, Nigeria. Two specific purposes, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of this study comprised 246 NDII and HNDII OTM students of the two polytechnics. Census survey was adopted. Structured 20- item questionnaire tagged IFASHOQ was used to gather the data for the study. The items of the research question were placed on a modified four-point Likert scale of Strongly Agreed (SA), Agreed (A), Disagreed (D) and Strongly Disagreed (SD) with values of 4,3,2 and 1 respectively. 246 copies of questionnaire were distributed and 220 retrieved. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation and hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics. The findings revealed that study habits employed by OTM students in polytechnics is good and positive (mean = 2.92, SD = 0.72), institutional factors affecting study habits of polytechnic OTM students are weak institutional leadership, inadequate facilities and equipment, class size, teacher experiences, and school calendar stability (mean = physical facilities and equipment, institutional location, 2.79, SD = 0.71). It was concluded that institutional variables have been shown to have an impact on polytechnic OTM students' study habits. Not only did the respondents concur that they studied all of their subjects after every lecture, but they also concurred that they frequently studied into the night and with other students in their course. It was recommended that in order to address institutional factors, government and other education stakeholders should make concerted efforts to motivate teachers as well as provide the polytechnics with adequate facilities, equipment, and committed leadership.

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