COHABITATION SYNDROME AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY, AKUNGBA-AKOKO, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between cohabitation and academic performance of students of Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria (AAUA).  The study adopted the descriptive research design of the survey type.     Sample of four hundred and sixteen students (416) were randomly selected from all the eight (8) Departments in the Faculty.  The instrument for data collection was a self-developed questionnaire titled “Cohabitation and academic performance of Tertiary Institutions Students (CTIS). The results of the analysis showed that cohabitation among students in the Faculty of Education, AAUA was high and that there was a significant relationship between cohabitation and academic performance. Also, age does not have significant influence on cohabitation. The study concluded that cohabitation was in existence among students of the faculty of Education and very high in AAUA.   It was also concluded that the menace of cohabitation among students significantly imparted on their academic performance, similarly, age of students does not have significant influence on cohabitation. Government and school administrators should provide adequate and affordable hostel accommodations for all categories of students. Lecturers and other members of staff should work hand in hand to disabuse the minds of the students from the menace of cohabitation and that parents/guardians should supervise and monitor their children/wards closely.