ACCOMMODATION CHALLENGES FACED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE CHRISTIAN SERVICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Abstract

The study on the accommodation challenges of students in Christian Service University College sought to investigate the challenges that the students of CSUC face with respect to their accommodation, the impact of student accommodation challenges on their academic and social life both on and off campus and the measures which have been instituted by the various stakeholders to help address the accommodation challenges of the students. In all, one hundred (100) students of Christian Service University College were interviewed using both open and close ended questionnaire. The study used the case study design and both the qualitative and quantitative approaches of research. Both the probability; simple random sampling and non-probability; purpose sampling, were used to select the respondents. The analysis was basically done using descriptive statistics which were generated from Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). It was revealed from the study that high price of accommodation facility, unguaranteed safety and security and poor facilities were the challenges that students of Christian Service University College faced with regards to accommodation. The study concluded by recommending that the Christian Service University College should lease with owners of private hostels to make their facilities affordable, improve on security as well as in- house facilities involved should ensure the provision of student accommodation as well as addressing the challenges.