STUDY HABITS OF POSTGRADUATES IN TWO UNIVERSITIES IN OGUN STATE

Abstract

Effective study habits are essential for students especially postgraduates to stand out and excel in academic pursuit as well as career development. This paper, thus, assess study habits of postgraduates in Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 2,089 postgraduates of which 337 samples were randomly selected and 331 responds. A validated questionnaire having a cronbach alpha reliability co-efficient of 0.83 was used to collect data for the study. Findings shows that postgraduate students sampled possessed good and effective study habits to complete their programmes in record time. Findings revealed that study habits of postgraduates from the selected universities do not differ significantly according to age, gender and type of programmes. The study recommends provision of enabling library environment for postgraduate students.

Keywords: Reading habit; Postgraduate students in Nigerian universities; Ogun State.