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he research assessed agriculture students’ perception of academic and institutional services in University of Benin, Benson Idahosa University and Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma. The core findings focused on the quality of academic and institutional service available in the University of Benin, Benson Idahosa University and Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma. Agricultural students were selected from the different agriculture department based on level of study, data generated was analyzed using frequency counts, percentage and mean while hypothesis was tested with spearman correlation and chi square. Findings showed that a higher proportion (57.5%) of the respondents were male students which showed that males were given more opportunity for higher education in the study area. A higher proportion 67.5% and 32.5% of the students attended both private primary and secondary schools respectively. It also showed that the students had positive perception that social opportunities (canteen, garden and seating places) of the faculty are sufficient (Mean 3.84). findings also established that students’ interest to venture into agriculture was high as there is opportunity for self employment in agriculture (Mean, 4.21). results also showed that students had high level of satisfaction as agricultural class has provided me with the competencies needed to succeed in business and industry (Mean, 3.29). The results also showed that the most serious constraints faced by students was methods used in teaching practical is laborious (Mean 2.90)

This study examined the effect of job stress on employee performance with the moderating role of presenteeism among academic staff in selected universities in Edo State. Specifically, the study investigated the effect of excessive workload, student-related challenges, career development, compensation and organisational support on employee performance. A survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised all academic staff members in the four selected universities in Edo State. The sample size comprised 356 academic staff from selected universities; however, 313 valid responses (87.9%) were obtained from the survey instrumentand used for data analyses. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, regression analysis, and moderation tests with SPSS. Hypotheses were tested at 5% level of significance. The study found that while excessive workload negatively but insignificantly affected employee performance, student-related challenges significantly reduced it. In contrast, career development and organisational support have positive and significant influence on employee performance. The results also showed that compensation has a positive but non-significant effect with employee performance. Presenteeism moderates the relationship between the job stress dimensions and employee performance. It is recommended that University management should adopt workload management frameworks to ensure fair distribution of teaching, administrative, and research responsibilities. Hiring additional academic staff and using technology for administrative tasks could help reduce the burden on current staff.