Students’ Welfare Services and Educational Stability in Public Universities in the Oyo State, Nigeria

The study identified the welfare services that are in existence in tertiary institutions in the Oyo State; examined the level of student's satisfaction with the available welfare services as well as the relationship between welfare services and students' educational stability in public universities in the Oyo State. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study comprised of all the final year undergraduates from the two public universities in the Oyo State. A questionnaire titled Students' Welfare Services and Educational Stability Questionnaire (SWSESQ) was used to gather information for the study. Data collected were analysed, using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Research questions raised were answered using frequency counts, percentages, and mean, while Pearson product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test the hypothesis formulated at a 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there was a moderate level of welfare services and there was no significant relationship between the students’ welfare services and educational stability in the public universities in the Oyo State. The study concluded that students’ welfare cannot determine educational stability in public universities in the Oyo State.