Impact of fuel subsidy removal on the attitude of students toward study in Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

The removal of subsidies on fuel in Nigeria has led to increment in prices of goods and services which had impacted negatively on every institution in the country. The abrupt increase in fuel prices resulting from the subsidy removal has further compounded the economic hardships faced by the already struggling Nigerian masses that are grappling with high unemployment rates and pervasive economic challenges, effect on educational institutions - school administrators, teachers and students are not exempted. Since the removal of the subsidy school administration and teaching and learning have not been the same again. This study became imperative to examine the impact of fuel subsidy removal on the attitude of students toward study in Faculty of Arts and Social Science Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria. To achieve this aim, three null hypotheses were postulated. Related literatures were reviewed. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. In selecting the respondents for the study, the stratified sampling, simple random sampling, and accidental sampling techniques were employed in choosing 250 respondents from public secondary schools across the faculties. The major instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The result of the analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between fuel subsidy removal in terms of increase in cost of education and attitude of students toward study, there is a significant relationship between fuel subsidy removal in terms of increase in transportation cost and attitude of students toward study, there is a significant relationship between fuel subsidy removal in terms of increase in price of goods/services and attitude of students toward study. It was therefore recommended among others that school administrators (principal) should ensure that the cost of school fees is not increase without considering the financial status of students. With the cost of education kept low, it will improve student’s attitude towards study.

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