Social Vices and their Effects among Office Technology and Management Students in Delta State Polytechnics, Nigeria

This study investigates social vices found among OTM students, the causes and their effects in Delta State Polytechnics, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey design. Three research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Population and sample comprised all the 170 OND II and 90 HND II students. Data were collected through a ten-item structured questionnaire for each research question with a five point Likert rating scale. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions and t-test analysis to test the null hypotheses. The study found that in the respondents’ opinion, all but six of the listed prevalence social vices are the possible ones found among OTM students and their major effects is expulsion from school. Hence, the study recommended, among others, that Nigerian tertiary institutions should properly screen all students from time to time in order to identify students with criminal orientation, drug/alcohol abuse, cultism threats and so on, and recommend them for appropriate treatment or punishment.