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Students Views on Universal Access Transition and Completion of their Higher Education at Kwame Nkrumah University

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  • Dr. Annie Penda (PhD)

    (Kwame Nkrumah University P. O. Box 80404, Kabwe –Zambia)

  • Dr Oliver Magasu (PhD)

    (Kwame Nkrumah University P. O. Box 80404, Kabwe –Zambia)

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This paper is a research carried out at Kwame Nkrumah University to establish the views of students on how they access and complete their higher education. The objectives of the study were to; determining how students access higher education, establishing the students’ transition during the period of acquiring higher education and to examining students’ completion of higher education. This study used a mixed approach to collect data. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used for collecting data. The population comprised of all the forth year students, without and with disabilities. The sample size was thirty. Data analysis was done using thematic and SPSS soft-ware version 22. The key findings were that, universal access was realized, during transition period some students faced challenges which made some to stop school and it was also discovered that majority of the students manage to complete higher education successfully while a small number failed to complete successfully.

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  • Dr. Annie Penda (PhD) & Dr Oliver Magasu (PhD), 2021. "Students Views on Universal Access Transition and Completion of their Higher Education at Kwame Nkrumah University," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(10), pages 128-134, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:10:p:128-134
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