Low Enrolment of Students in College of Education Billiri: Perceptions of Students, Parents and Staff

Abstract

On completion of secondary education, students join various institutions of higher learning depending on their interest and capabilities. Colleges of education are witnessing low enrolment of students these days. This might have resulted from number of reasons.  This research was set to investigate the perceptions of students, parents and staff (stakeholders) on the low enrolment of students into College of Education Billiri, Gombe State. The study revealed the opinions of stakeholders as to what are the factors responsible and the way forward. The study employed the social learning theory. The design for this study was survey design. The entire College of Education Billiri staff, students and parents served as the population of the study from which purposive sampling technique was used in drawing the sample. The instruments for the data collection was structured questionnaire named, Low Enrolment of Students into Colleges of Education Questionnaire (LESCEQ) which will be administered to sampled students and staff of College of Education Billiri; and interview was also conducted to get responses from parents. The data was analyzed using mean scores. The research findings highlighted some factors that are responsible for the drop in students’ enrolment and recommendations were sgiven on how to address the issue.