ASSESSMENT OF PREVALENCE OF SCHOOL RELATED CONFLICTS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND ITS RESOLUTION MECHANISMS IN NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA
This study examined the prevalence of school related conflict among Undergraduate Students and its resolution mechanisms in North-west, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was adopted; stratified sampling technique was employed to select 8 universities in the region. Proportionate sampling technique was used to sample 650 undergraduate students in the selected universities in North West Nigeria. Information was elicited from the respondents through questionnaire adapted from Ambrose and Veronica (2014) and Ken and Liu (2010), the instrument was subjected to validity and reliability, it was found to have reliability index of 0.62. The raised research questions were answered through descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentage. The findings of the study revealed that majority of respondents sampled for this study strongly agreed that student-related conflict is frequently occurred in universities in North West Nigeria, different resolution mechanisms were found to be adopted in curbing school related conflicts in universities in North-West, Nigeria. Based on the findings of this study, various recommendations were made for instance, numerous resolution mechanisms should be employed in tackling school related conflicts among undergraduates in North-West Nigeria, and Peace and conflict education programme should be introduced into university academic curriculum in North West, Nigeria.