International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue IX, September 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

The Impact of Accommodation Location on Students Performance in General Chemistry at the Copperbelt University

Gibson Matipa, Nkhata LeonardCopperbeltCopperbelt University, School of Mathematics and Natural Science, P.O Box 21692, Zambia

Abstract: – The purpose of the study was “to investigate the impact of accommodation location on student’s performance in General Chemistry at the Copperbelt University.” The study objectives were; To investigate the ratio between the accommodated students and non-accommodated for CH110 students in the school of mathematics and natural sciences for each intake, To identify where students not accommodated on campus stay, To compare the performance of the students on campus to those outside campus in General Chemistry. This study was a cross sectional survey design using both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data from the school of mathematics and natural sciences, lists of students who were accommodated in 2015 and 2016 on campus from the accommodation department and answers from students through the questionnaire use. The two variables were; accommodation location (independent) and academic performance (dependent). The sample (781) was drawn from the Copperbelt University a place which is in Kitwe district of the copperbelt province. Data was gathered using a questionnaire and later analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics of Analysis of the t-test. The results collected for 2015 and 2016 intake were analyzed using the SPSS version 23. The findings suggested that “there is no significant relationship between students accommodation location and their academic performance” because the sample independent test value of significant was greater than the p value of 0.05. The recommendations were that the university should build more hostels, given allowance to outside accommodated students and set the timetable that favors them.

I. INTRODUCTION

Students’ accommodation has been identified as one of the essential components of tertiary institutions. The availability of accommodation for students enables tertiary institutions to attract large number of students of different nationalities and backgrounds to pursue higher education (Kolawole & Boluwatife,2016).