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Student’s perception of Strike Actions on Academic Performance in Nigeria University: Implications for Best Practices and Counselling

Florence Adeoti Yusuf

 

Abstract:

The study investigated students’ perception of Strike actions on Academic Performance in Nigeria University and its implications for best practices and counseling. The researcher stratified the participants into different strata of gender, academic level, institution attended. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 1000 participants from four randomly selected Universities. The impact of Strike actions on Academic Performance Questionnaire (ISAAPQ) was administered to the respondents to collect relevant data. The t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Chi-Square statistics were used to analyses the data collected. The major findings show that there is no significant difference in undergraduates’ expressions on the impact of strike actions on academic performance based on gender and academic level while, there is the significant difference in undergraduates’ expressions on the impact of strike actions on academic performance based on institution attended. The result of the findings also revealed the significant relationship between strike actions and students’ academic performance in higher institutions of learning. Based on the conclusions of the study, recommendations has made that the Government should develop actions such as organizing meetings and interactive sessions; that will help to check incessant industrial action in the education sector in Nigeria; there should be a reduction of bureaucracies to enhance effective communication between ASUU officials and government bodies.