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Indigenous Language Enterprise as an Antidote to Academic Retention

Authors: OYINLOYE COMFORT , Fatola, Olugbenga Lasisi

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of Applied Education And Vocational Research

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Student retention is an issue of increasing concern for higher education institutions in Nigeria, but the variables that have been associated with it have largely excluded the role of mother tongue. Consequently, this study investigated indigenous language enterprise as an antidote to academic retention among public university undergraduate students in Ogun State, Nigeria. A sample of 393 students was chosen from the population through the stratified random sampling technique. Instruments used for data collection were the Demographic Data Inventory (DDI), Academic Retention Scale (ARS), and Language Proficiency Assessment Scale (LPAS). Two hypotheses were formulated and tested by means of simple linear regression analysis and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients at the .05 level of significance. Results revealed that indigenous language enterprise contributed significantly to academic retention (? = .203, t = 9.329, p < .05) and that there was a significant relationship between indigenous language enterprise and academic retention (r = .203, p < .05) among university undergraduate students in Ogun State, Nigeria. It was subsequently recommended, among other things, that the use of indigenous languages for instruction in Nigerian educational institutions should be promoted and that parents and other members of the society should change their negative attitudes towards the indigenous languages and discard the notion that it is only through the English language that one can be successful in life.

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OYINLOYE,C. Fatola,,O.L . (2016). Indigenous Language Enterprise as an Antidote to Academic Retention, 13 (), 174-174.

OYINLOYE,C. Fatola,,O.L . "Indigenous Language Enterprise as an Antidote to Academic Retention" 13, no (), (2016): 174-174.

OYINLOYE,C. and Fatola,,O.L and . (2016). Indigenous Language Enterprise as an Antidote to Academic Retention, 13 (), pp174-174.

OYINLOYEC, Fatola,OL, . Indigenous Language Enterprise as an Antidote to Academic Retention. 2016, 13 ():174-174.

OYINLOYE,COMFORT , and Fatola,,Olugbenga Lasisi . "Indigenous Language Enterprise as an Antidote to Academic Retention", 13 . (2016) : 174-174.

O.COMFORT & F.Olugbenga Lasisi , "Indigenous Language Enterprise as an Antidote to Academic Retention" vol.13, no., pp. 174-174, 2016.

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