Assessment of recreational pattern of students in higher institutions of Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria.
Recreation is very vital for all categories of persons in the society no matter the age, social or economic status considering the stress placed upon each individual in order to make ends meet and the resultant hazard on individuals. The assumption is that Nigerian students are too encumbered wit...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/34418/ http://eprints.usm.my/34418/1/HBP27.pdf |
| Summary: | Recreation is very vital for all categories of persons in the society no matter the age, social or
economic status considering the stress placed upon each individual in order to make ends
meet and the resultant hazard on individuals. The assumption is that Nigerian students are
too encumbered with heavy academic burden such that they are too busy to recreate. This
paper focuses on the recreational pattern of students in institutions of higher learning in two
contiguous south-western states in Nigeria, namely Ondo and Ekiti. In particular, the study
looked into the adequacy of facilities available in the institutions, the frequency of students’
participation in recreation and factors inhibiting their participation in recreational activities. In
addition, students’ preference for the different forms of indoor and outdoor recreational
activities and the propensity to pay for the use of recreational facilities were investigated. Fifty
questionnaire copies were administered on randomly sampled students from each of the six
institutions of higher learning in both states. A total of three hundred questionnaire copies
were thus administered. It was discovered among other things that more students gyrate by
going to parties rather than night clubs while (as a big surprise) the greatest number of
students see their academic work as posing very little hindrance to their recreation and more
than two-third will be willing to pay for the use of recreational facilities provided on campus if
the need arises. |
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