EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

1Wasiu Olumuyiwa AJIROWO, 2 Sola Thompson KAREEM, 3Sodiq Olanrewaju BABATUNDE

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Keywords: Academic Performance, Time Management, Universities.

Abstract

Deficiency in students' academic performance has become an issue of concern in the academic
environment as the performance of these students suffer in relations to effective timing and lack of
timely completion of school works and poor overall academic result. Hence, this study aimed at
examining the effect of time management on the academic performance of students in selected
universities in Kwara State, Nigeria. Additionally, this study has an accumulated population of
seventy-two thousand (72,000) drawn from the three selected universities in Kwara State. However,
a sample size of 382 was arrived at using the Krejcie and Morgan's Table of sample size. Also, this
study employed the close ended questionnaire and retrieved two hundred and ninety-five (295)
copies of questionnaire out of the 382 copies distributed. Furthermore, this study analysed the
gathered data using the multiple regression analysis with the aid of Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS, version 20). Thus, this study revealed that time management through effective
prioritising and scheduling of activities by students have significant effect on students' timely
completion of assignments and good CGPA achievements and in turn affect academic performance
2 2 with R of .635 (Sig. .000) and R 616 (Sig. .000) respectively. However, this study concludes that time
management does influences students' academic performance in selected universities in Kwara
State. Hence, this study recommends that students should pay attention to scheduling and
prioritising tasks and also concentrate on important tasks in order to increase their academic
performance via timely completion of assignments and CGPA accomplishment. Lastly, this study also
recommends that students should make out a list of tasks to be attended to inform of schedules and
to be supported with specific time bound attached to them, taking into consideration the major and
minor tasks with priority as these will enhance their academic performance.

Published
2021-03-04
Section
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