Assessment of Supporting Facilities in Selected Private Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria
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The study was set out to assess the adequacy of supporting facilities provided in private
Universities Ogun State from the users’ perspective. To achieve the aim, five objectives were
set and resolved, These include ascertainment of the characteristics of students in the private
Universities, identification of the basic supporting facilities available in the a private
Universities, investigation of the students’ perception of the adequacy of supporting facilities,
determination of the student’s level of satisfaction with the available supporting facilities and
finally, examination of the relationship between the student’s characteristics and their
satisfaction level with the adequacy of supporting facilities. The population for the study
comprised of the students of private Universities (Covenant University, Ota, Bells University of
Technology, Ota and Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo). Data for the study was collected with
the aid of structured questionnaires which were distributed to three hundred and sixty (360)
students in the three (3) selected private Universities out of which two hundred and seventy
one (271) representing 75% of the total distributed questionnaires were retrieved and found
useful. The data obtained from the retrieved questionnaires were computed with the aid of
SPSS (version 20.0) and subsequently analyzed using percentages, mean, RII and multiple
linear regression and presented in tables. Findings from the study indicated that amongst the pre-listed support facilities, 23% of the respondents attested to the availability of special
facilities for the physically challenged. The study also revealed that students perceived
inadequacy in the ambulance response time, number of buses available for transportation,
provision of restroom for shoppers, prompt attendance to students in the cafeteria and
number of rest rooms available. However, the study showed the students overall level of
satisfaction with medical (RII = 0.6768), transportation (RII = 0.6777), shopping mart (RII =
0.6443) and cafeteria (RII = 0.6681). Furthermore, the study discovered a strong relationship
between students characteristics and medical facilities (P = 0.000), transport facilities (P =
0.022) and cafeteria facilities (P = 0.001) in one (1) of the sampled private Universities. The
study recommends that Management of the sampled Universities carry out regular facilities
evaluation and also the provision of more shuttle ambulance, transportation buses, restrooms
in the shopping mart and the cafeteria and special facilities that cater to the physically
challenged.
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TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering