Time Management and Students’ Academic Performance of School of Business Studies, Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State

Abstract

The current study investigated time management and students‟ academic performance. The study was guided by two key specific objectives: to ascertain the relationship between social activities and students‟ academic performance and to ascertain the relationship between procrastination and students‟ academic performance from which appropriate research questions and hypotheses were formulated .The study adopted survey design and the research instruments for data collection was the structured questionnaire. The population of the study was 582 students from human resource management and market department. A sample size of 237 was determined from the population using Taro Yamane‟s formula. Cranach Alpha was used in testing the validity and the reliability of the research instrument. The hypotheses were tested using regression model. The findings reveal that poor time management often results to poor academic performance. The findings of the study shows that student‟s social activities have a significant positive effect on academic performance given the Bate value of (.395 (0.000). The study also revealed that procrastination have a significant positive effect on academic performance given the Bate value of (.471 (0.000). The study concludes that social activities and procrastination have significant positive relationship with students‟ academic performance, that the students who were enmesh in procrastination practices and social activities recorded low academic performance and those that who had opportunity to practice time management skills always recorded better academic performance. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made: that students should get rid of potential distractions (Facebook, Instagram or Snap Chat), Create a timeline or schedule to complete academic tasks and optimize their environment by limiting activities that impact negatively on academic performance.