The Predicaments of Non-Residential Students in Ghanaian Institutions of Higher Education: A Micro-Level Empirical Evidence

Abstract

This paper in the field of capacity building and students’ affairs used the external survey assessment techniques of the probit model to examine the predicaments of non-resident students of the College of Technology Education, University of Education, Winneba. Considering the very limited residential facilities and the growing demand for tertiary education, being a tertiary residential student is gradually becoming a mirage in most Ghanaian public universities. This paper argued that the College of Technology Education, either through direct provision or indirectly through private providers, should take all steps to ensure that future non-residential student housing projects are conceived as an integral part of the academic community by taking direct and pragmatic steps to mitigate against the difficulties and problems non-resident students encounter at their various places of residence.

Keywords: non-resident students, residential facilities, private providers, higher education,