Conflict Management Strategies and Students Unrest in Public Tertiary Institution in Kwara State

ABSTRACT

This .lyzed the specified conflict management t .strategies adopted for n")students unrest in the public tertiary institute in  Kwara state, Nigeelational survey design was adopted for rhe study. The POP'Ll the study comprised 111,483 students of public tertiary instil Kwara State out of which 300 students very purposively same research questions were answered and six null hypotheses werEO.05 level of significance. The instrument for data collection were. questionnaires developed by the researcher' titled: Mars of Students' Unrest Questionnaire (.l,£S UQ) and Conflict MarStrategies Questionnaire (CMSQ) which were validated by expe Educational Management Departm e rz r and Faculty of the University of Abuja. A pilot test was conducted e ci; analyzed and O. 72 and ability index were obtained respectively. ..Data obtained for the stu¢alyzed using mean, linear and multiple regression statistical anahe results of data analysis revealed along with others that, perfect management strategies for managing .s r students ' unrest ado, smoothing strategy, forcing strategy, detraction strategy and arbitrate. The result also showed that the re -were the positive relationship between the four specified corif7icr management astral students' unrest with smoothing strategy as rhe_ mosi related sutra study recommends among others, that ins t i t zcr i cs nal managers sho preventive and proactive strategies for l'rlanaging students' under institutions by exploring the smoothing .s rr cx regy in managing stu(f!st and mapping out strategies for proper leadership training to s~aders to make them more responsible and responsive.