Pedagogical Academic Instability Influences on Economics Undergraduates Pursuit in Select Higher Education Levels in Imo State-Nigeria

This study investigated the pedagogical academic instability influence on Economics undergraduate academic pursuit in selected higher education levels in Imo State, Nigeria. The study has two research questions and two hypotheses. The study was also designed using a survey that adopted the inferential method. The population of the study is 57.881 students from Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education and Imo State University, Owerri. The sample for this study consisted of 400 respondents comprising 200 students from IMSU and 200 students from AIFCE. This sample was selected using simple random and cluster sampling techniques. The research instrument used is a rating scale titled: Pedagogical Academic Instability Influence on Economics Undergraduate Academic Pursuit Scale (PAIIEUAPS). The reliability of the instrument was established at 0.80 using Cronbach alpha statistic. Mean score and standard deviation statistics were used to answer the research questions. Independent sample t-test was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found in this research that; the pedagogical academic instability influence study habit of Economics undergraduates is high; the pedagogical academic instability influence on academic calendar of Economics undergraduates is high; Based on these findings, the study recommended among others that, government should be a good listener and also make use of dialogue as an instrument for peaceful resolution, as was practically used in resolving strike action embarked upon by mostly Academic Staff Unions of Tertiary Institutions.