STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND WELFARE: SHARING THE NARRATIVE OF OUR GROWTH AND SUCCESS

IGWE, Nick Ngozi (2019) STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND WELFARE: SHARING THE NARRATIVE OF OUR GROWTH AND SUCCESS. In: THE RELEVANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF HUMAN AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. JOMAP PRESS, pp. 154-179. ISBN 978-978-978-583-4

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Abstract

Competition is the battle for acceptability between and amongst organizations for customers' patronages. Competition has crept into Nigeria's higher education sector given the huge number of licensed private and public universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in all nooks and crannies of the country. Given the level of competition amongst these universities in scouting for new students, the universities, especially those in the private sub-sector, are left without choice other than to device some ingenious strategies of wooing students and parents to apply for admissions. The establishment of well-managed student support services and welfare is one of such ingenious ways of beating competitors. Students support services are a cluster of facilities that are provided to make the learning process easier and more attractive. Such support services serve as an interface between the learners and the institution. This paper chronicles the various student support services and welfare in Godfrey Okoye University to make the learning process easier and interesting. It is the view of this paper that supporting student welfare in universities would accelerate student's completion rates and encourage them to have positive learning experiences, amongst others. The paper recommends the urgent need to radically reappraise the personal tutor system and thai the university should know the limits it can go in providing support services. This is because no university can provide everything on campus for her students.

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2021 11:26
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2021 11:26
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2938

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