FACULTY OF SOCIALSCIENCES

Students in university communities often face economic, academic, and social challenges that compel them to adopt alternative survival strategies. This study therefore explored students’ risk-taking behaviour (RTB) as survival strategies in Ekosodin community, focusing on the dominant forms, underlying factors, and institutional responses to such behaviours. The study was anchored on strain theory and rational choice theory, which together explains how financial pressure and peer pressures influences a students’ engagement in Risk-Taking Behaviour . A descriptive survey design was adopted, and a semi-structured questionnaire was administered to a total of 140 students, (but only 120 were recovered) residing in Ekosodin community. Data was analysed using the frequency tables, percentages and charts. The findings revealed that gambling, exam malpractice , unsafe sex and substance abuse were the common RTBs. Although, adaptive forms of RTB, such as part-time jobs and night class, were reported more frequently than maladaptive ones. Peer influence and economic strain emerged as the main drivers of RTB. Institutional support was widely reported as not existing or very weak. The study concludes that the risks students engage in daily can both serve as positive and negative coping mechanisms. It recommends that the University strengthen support and welfare policies and also redesign awareness programmes to be more interactive and student friendly

In a dynamic and highly competitive business environment of the 21st century,
Organizations have continuously made efforts to search and adopt strategies, techniques
and tools to increase productivity while reducing cost, and boost efficiency and
effectiveness. This informs the reason behind organizations increased adoption of ICT in
recent times. Federal Government Colleges is one of many government establishments to
key into the adoption of technology as a driver of productivity, and by so doing, serves as a
role model for several other private establishments. This has created a need to evaluate the
effect of ICT, on organizational performance and productivity, using Federal Government
Girls College Edo State as a case study. To do this, the researcher adopted the survey
method of research, using members of staff and students as its population of study, 250
respondents from the Federal Girls College of Edo State, were selected based on the non
probability sampling technique. Their opinion was gathered with the use of a well
structured questionnaire and analyzed using the simple percentage technique of data
analysis. This research therefore concluded that FGGC, Benin City, is e-compliant, has
witnessed several positive changes through its adoption of ICT. However, the study also
revealed that computer illiteracy on the part of students and the public was also revealed to
be another factor hampering the effective adoption of ICT amongst others. Based on the
above, it was a recommended that government, while investing in ICT, should make efforts
to educate the populace on the need for ICT acceptance, and create an enabling
environment for educating the public on the use of ICT. Government should also make
efforts to increase collaboration and partnership with the private sector to ensure wider
reach, local penetration and general acceptance of ICT in the country.