The Need for On – Campus Hostel Accommodation in State own Institutions: A Case Study of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho, Nigeria (Published)
This paper looks at benefits of On Campus accommodation in State government Own University as against the Off-Campus accommodation in use by most State government own Universities. A total of 18277 respondents were randomly selected and interviewed in the twenty political wards in Ogbomoso, Oyo Sate. Nigeria. Empirical analysis suggests that qualities of most Off-Campus accommodation are below acceptable requirement for students’ habitation. Thus, barely 0.3% have space for storage, while 16.7% have basic infrastructure such as bore hole, water, tarred road and electricity supply. The observed significant negative correlation (-0.7066,0.0501) inferred between students’ academic performance and distance of off campus accommodation in LAUTECH Campus explains the reasons why many LAUTECH Students are involved in many social vices such as cultism, ritual killings for money, cybercrime and prostitution. The work advocates for the construction of On Campus hostels in all State Government Own Universities.
Keywords: Accommodation, LAUTECH., State own Institutions, campus