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Item ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANAGERS OF TECHNICAL COLLEGE WORKSHOPS: A CASE OF NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA(Journal of Technical Education and Training, 2014) Umar, I.Y.; Idris, A. M.; Audu, R.; Hamza, A. B.; Igwe, C.O.; Ma’aji, S. A.This study assesses the effectiveness of managers of technical college workshops from the perspective of stakeholders in North Central Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was employed. Three research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A 35-item questionnaire developed by the researchers and validated by three experts was used to collect data from 101 administrators, 140 teachers, and 24 workshop personnel randomly sampled and stratified along trades in technical colleges. Mean was employed to answer the research questions while one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed to test the hypotheses using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for data analysis. Result revealed that respondent shared similar opinions on the management of technical college workshops. It was therefore recommended that: The managers of the workshops should use alternative approaches in the management of workshop instead of waiting for government to provide everything; maintenance of tools should be a regular practice in the workshops; administrators should recommend teachers and workshop personnel to attend seminars regularly in order to update their knowledge on current practices in the management of technical college workshops among othersItem Influence of Availability and Serviceability of Student Accommodation Facilities on Student Performance in Federal University of Technology, Minna(School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2019) Adama Unekwu Jonathan; Ocheja David; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Ayuba Philip; Ogunbode Ezekiel BStudent accommodation facilities are provided by institutions of higher learning in order to enhance the academic experience of the students. Accommodation facilities provide the basis for quality tertiary education. Extant studies affirmed that adequacy of hostel facilities affect the academic performance of students residing in hostel. Although, most Nigerian tertiary institutions are characterised by inadequate hostel facilities. This study was conducted to assess the effect of availability and serviceability of hostel facilities on students’ academic performance at the Federal University of Technology Minna, Gidan Kwano campus. The total population of students residing in the hostels as at 2018/2019 session was 1,930. Systematic and convenient random sampling technique were used in selecting 219 students as the sample size for the study. Online survey was employed in administering questionnaire to the sampled students. The study found that 66.9% of the hostel facilities are available and serviceable while 32.9% are unavailable and unserviceable. Although, result of the study revealed that facilities such as study room, sport centres, internet service, air condition and study chair/table are unavailable and unserviceable in the hostels, students have continued to have good performance. The result further showed that only 26% of sampled students were below thirdclass division, while 162 students are in the category of second-class lower and above. The study recommends that the institution should ensure that adequate student accommodation facilities are provided in serviceable condition to further enhance student learning and good performance.