@article{article_491206, title={Incidence, Consequences and Control of Students’ Unrest in Tertiary Institutions in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria}, journal={The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences}, volume={11}, pages={153–162}, year={2018}, url={https://izlik.org/JA75TC54UH}, author={Vıatonu, Olumuyiwa and Asıkhıa, Olubusayo and Fabınu, Folake and Ademola, Abiodun}, keywords={Student unrest, Incidence, Consequences, Control, Tertiary institution}, abstract={<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">The </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> purpose of the </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">
study </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> was to </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> investigate the occurrence, consequences and control
of students’ unrest in </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> tertiary </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">
institutions in Lagos State </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">, southwest </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">
Nigeria. Th </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">e study was borne out of persistent students’ revolts
and unrests in tertiary institutions in Lagos State in particular and Nigeria
in general with its concomitant breakdown of law and order. The population was
made up of all staff, students, heads of all tertiary institutions and student
union executive members in selected tertiary institutions in Lagos State out of
which 954 respondents were selected through a stratified random sampling
technique. Four structured questionnaires, with a reliability coefficient (r)
of 0.84 obtained through a test-retest method, were used to collect data for
the study. Data collected were analysed using frequency counts, percentages,
correlation analysis, t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).The findings
revealed that students’ unrest occurred more frequently in State-owned tertiary
institutions than those owned by the Federal Government. The study also
revealed a significant difference in the consequences and control of students’
unrest in both Federal and State tertiary institutions. It was recommended that
government especially at the State level should appropriate more funds to
tertiary institutions and that management of institutions should make judicious
use of funds allocated to them. It was also recommended that students should be
carried along in the decision-making process of their institutions especially
on matters affecting their well-being. </span>}