Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025): KANO JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (KaJEP)
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A Correlation Between Mentoring and Academic Success of Undergraduates Students in Gombe State University

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  • Habiba Isah,
  • Muhammad Dauda Kala,
  • Luka Er Peter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59479/jiaheri.v5i1.132
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Published 10/15/2025

Keywords

  • Mentoring,,
  • Academic Success,
  • Undergraduates.

How to Cite

Isah, H. ., Kala, M. D., & Peter, L. E. (2025). A Correlation Between Mentoring and Academic Success of Undergraduates Students in Gombe State University. Journal of Institute of Africa Higher Education Research and Innovation (IAHERI), 5(1), 156–162. https://doi.org/10.59479/jiaheri.v5i1.132

Abstract

This paper focused on correlation between mentoring and Academic success of undergraduate students of Gombe State University. The study adopted a correlational research design which was to find out the relationship between the two variables. The population of the study include all the 16, 488 1st and 2nd-year undergraduate students of Gombe State University. A stratified sampling technique was used for the study. The data was collected using the researchers’ developed questionnaires which are Mentoring Scale (MS) and the Academic success questionnaire (ASQ) regarding students mentoring and academic success. The instruments were validated and pilot tested, a reliability coefficient of .761 and .814 were found for mentoring scale and the Academic success questionnaire respectively. The results indicated that a strong relationship exists between the mentoring and academic success of the students with r and p values of (r= .725, p= 0.003). The study also revealed that female undergraduate students in 1st and 2nd year in Gombe state university seek mentoring more than their male counterparts, it was found that t = -2421 and p = 0.22. It was recommended that; assigned mentors in various faculties should make themselves available to the reach of the students, mentors should focus on study strategies that can improve the performance of the students, also mentors should guide the students to utilize the provided guidance and counselling center with professional counsellors that can be attending and guiding the students in terms of any problem they may need to talk to a professional counsellor.

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