University Infrastructure Quality and Students Engagement at a Private University in Uganda
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Date
2021
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Education Research
Abstract
This study assessed the influence of university
infrastructure quality on students’ engagement at the western
branch of a private University in Bushenyi District, Uganda.
Particularly, the study assessed the influence of lecture
rooms infrastructure, university-level infrastructure and
university utilities. Using the positivist approach, the study
was guided by the correlational research design, collecting
data using a questionnaire on a sample of 183 students.
Descriptive analysis revealed that student engagement was
high, and lecture rooms’ infrastructure and university
utilities good. However, the students rated university-level
infrastructure as fair. Regression analysis showed that
lecture rooms’ infrastructure and university utilities were
significant positive predictors of students’ engagement.
However, university-level infrastructure had a positive but
insignificant influence on students’ engagement. Thus, the
quality of lecture rooms’ infrastructure is imperative,
university utilities are essential and improved University level
infrastructure is a requirement for enhancing students’ engagement. Therefore, it was recommended that
universities emphasize providing quality to classroom infrastructure, improve university-level infrastructure,
and establish quality university utilities.
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Lecture rooms infrastructure, Quality, Student Engagement, University Level Infrastructure, Utilities
Citation
Mugizi, W. (2021). University infrastructure quality and students engagement at a private university in Uganda. Interdisciplinary Journal of Education Research, 3(2), 98-107. https://doi.org/10.51986/ijer-2021.vol3.02.10