ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF GENERAL ORIENTATION SERVICE ON STUDENTS ADJUSTMENT TO CAMPUS LIFE AT THE CHRIST APOSTOLIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST IN GHANA
Authors:
Dr. Felix Senyametor, Michael Asare, Martin Ako & Seth Osei Kwame
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of general orientation services conducted by the Christ Apostolic University College (CAUC) and the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on students’ adjustment to campus life. The descriptive design was adopted for the study. The target population was all 6,891 second-year undergraduate students who were admitted in the 2019/2020 academic year to pursue various programmes, made up of 4,305 males and 2,386 females. The accessible population was 1,505 education students out of which a sample of 150 made up of 95 males and 55 females were randomly sampled for the study. A self-developed closed-ended questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.8 was used to collect data. Descriptive statistical tools such as mean and standard deviation, Pearson product-moment correlation and t-test were used to analyze the data. The results of the study revealed that there was a negative correlation (r = –.108, n = 150, p < .190) between the orientation service and students’ adjustment to campus life, and there was no statistically significant difference between participants (M =28.81, SD = 3.902) and non-participants (M = 27.90, SD = 3.169), t(150) = 1.454, p = 0.150) of the orientation activities. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that educational institutions should review their orientation programmes to suit the needs of fresh students to enable them to adjust well to academic and campus life.