SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT AND GENDER OF SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE AND NON-SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE STUDENTS IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGES IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERA

Abstract

This study examined school adjustment and gender of safe school initiative and non-safe school initiative students in 
Federal Government Colleges in Sokoto state. Two research questions, objectives and research hypotheses guided 
the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey designed. The population of this study was 59 safe-school initiative 
and 387 non-safe school initiative students and thus, all the 446 students were used as sample for this study through 
purposive sampling technique. A researcher designed School Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ) was used for data 
collection in this study. The questionnaire was validated by experts in measurement and evaluation from the Faculty 
of Education Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto and Sokoto State University and a reliability index of 0.82 was 
obtained through Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistics. Hypotheses Ho1 and Ho2 were 
subjected to t-test analysis using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. The results of the study 
revealed male and female Safe School Initiative students and non-safe school initiative students of Federal 
Government Colleges in Sokoto State do not differ significantly in their school adjustment. Based on these findings, 
recommendations were made that teachers and counsellors should help both male and female non-safe school 
initiative students in their school adjustment through mentoring and regular counselling as this could help them 
adjustment properly in school.