Should I stay in school hostel or not? What are the major benefits of school hostel life and why do you think I should not live in the University hostel? These are the top questions asked by newly admitted students in addition to schools fees and course registration queries. I have spent quite sometime in school hostel and at such has alot to offer as regards the topic at hand.
In this article, I will be listing out 8 disadvantages of school hostels and 5 reasons you should not think of living in the hostel. This piece is scientifically compiled based on findings from major Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across Nigeria. The following are Universities and Polytechnics I shall emphasise on: Covenant University, Federal University of Technology Owere (FUTO), University of Benin (UNIBEN), University Of Lagos (UNILAG), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Illorin (UNILORIN), Abu Zaria, Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Auchi Polytechnic, Lagos State University (LASU), University of Portharcourt (UNIPORT), University of Ibadan (UI), Laspotech and many more. Trust me, I will try to make this topic as interesting as possible.
Are you ready for the comparison? Take a glass of chilled water, tighten your seat belt and let’s begin the interesting journey.
8 Reasons You Should Stay In School Hostel:
1. Hostel Is Relatively Secure: You want to graduate right? Then security should be your number one priority. School hostels are more secure compared to off campus. With every passing day, we hear gist about how arm robbers attack students who live outside hostels and take most valuable properties from them. I have not heard or experienced gun attack inside campus hostels mind you, am not saying it doesn't occur, its rare! Another common security threat outside campus is cultism. Cultists operate more outside campus than school hostels.
2. You Will Learn To Tolerate People: Some species of persons and behaviours you will find in school hostels will make you wonder whether those guys were made in the image of God. However, you would be able to cope and tolerate them. Before now, you always feel that everyone has to think and act the way you do; but you are wrong. Just the way our faces differ, so also does our hearts and characters differ. Meeting different persons makes you understand and begin to take them for who they are. Hostel fosters relationship building. There is a common belief that you can stay anywhere in the world if you
can survive in school hostels. That’s because the school hostel has exposed you and able to make you solve compatibility issues.
3. You Will Have Broader Knowledge: You will be surrounded by students across various faculties and departments. Interacting with them will help you know more about other fields of study. Meeting different persons will also make you know more about life. I have been able to know more about Medicine, Pharmacy, Accounting, Law, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Nursing, Agric and other beautiful courses most especially computer science because of the privilege I had to live with students from those departments and faculties. This is possible because the school hostel allows students in various departments to come together. Apart from knowing more about their courses and departments, the school hostel also gives you the opportunity to meet persons from different states and tribes. In this case you would be able to learn other languages and
know more about places you have not been to. You will as well learn how to prepare different kind of dishes. In one way or the other, you will always meet amazing people that you would love to be like. Your senior colleagues could also be in the same room with you to give you materials and advice ahead of time.
4. Reading Enthusiasm: The school hostel has been able to dramatically boost my reading habit. Your reading life will likely increase by ten fold if you live in the school hostel. Every minute, you will see persons going to night classes to read. There are
times you won’t find anyone left in your room and you will be like, “na me come dull pass?”. The next thing is for you to also take your things and push to night class or reading room. No matter how good you are at reading, you will find persons who read far more than you in the school hostel. I have seen people read for more than 24 hours straight and I have done it many times too. The school hostel has a way of boosting your reading habit and enthusiasm. In addition, you result will likely be better (get good result) in your first year if you live in school hostel. You will be too comfortable if you live alone or with just one persons outside school. Off campus presents you with all the pleasure life has to offer.
5. Proximity To Source Of Information: Information is what puts you at the right position and it is what you have in your head that takes you ahead. The school hostel gives you first hand information about what recent happenings in school and what may likely happen next. You would be the first to know whether the class would hold or not, whether there would be attendance, what the lecturer is planning, the new materials to read for the text and exams, the Students Union Government
newsletter and many information you need to come out in flying colours.
6. Proximity To Classes: You will be able to rush to class in case of emergency tests and attendance. It would also be easy for you to go back and pick anything you might have forgotten in the hostel. Apart from the instances above, it is good to walk to class just in few minutes. You don’t have to be exhausted anytime you trek to class. It would also save you the transport you would have been burning daily to come to class plus possible hold ups on the road.
7. Stable Water And Power Supply: Most University hostels in Nigeria have alternative sources of power supply. There is always electricity at night when the public electricity power supply interrupts supply. Every student needs electricity at night to cook, read, and do other stuffs. The presence of alternative source of power supply makes hostel better than off campus. Even if you are able to afford a generator off campus, noise and the fact that you have to spend money on fuel is a big
turn off.
8. School Hostels Are very Affordable: You pay as low as #5,000 per session depending on your school. If you don’t have much money to waste on rent and other properties you need to live comfortably outside campus then try the school hostels. Another benefit is that you will always find persons to help you when you are stranded in the hostel. There are many more advantages of staying in school hostel, however, the above points should be enough for you to decide whether to stay in hostel or not.
5 Reasons Why You Should Not Stay In School Hostel:
1. You Will Continue To reapply Every Session: Your hostel fee only lasts for one session, stressful right? . The school sends every student packing at the end of each session. You will always have to reapply for hostel and you may not be lucky to secure a space the next time. The condition to reapply is that you must first pay your school fees. This switch will make you meet different room mates who may not be as nice as those in your first room.
2. Bad Habits And Privacy: You may be wondering how many persons stay per room in the school hostel. The number could be lesser than five for a high quality school hostel. However, the number generally ranges from 8 to 17 persons per room (I am not exaggerating). In Unilag, Uniben, aau and other hostels, you have so many persons living in one room. This will really result to privacy issue. You can’t have personal private life or private property. Your things could be taken without permission and you could meet random persons “crashing” in your bed space. Hostel is very annoying since you will see persons with different philosophies and raw behaviours. You will come across fellow students who may seem psychopathic schizophrenic. The habits displayed there is something else.
3. Dirty School Toilets And Hostel Environment: The School hostel toilets are generally dirty and smell bad… Some students defecate without flushing while other leave feces behind on the floor. It is very disgusting that I won’t want to dwell on that. Many students living in the hostel are dirty and as such mess up the school hostel environment. You will notice different odors in the hostels.
4. Bad Influence And Robbery Issues: With such number of persons in the hostel, there will certainly be bad eggs. Remember, evil communication corrupts good manners. You can change from good, amazing, soft and God fearing boy/girl to a bad girl/boy overnight. You are not immune, it can happen to many persons. This influence can begin from the music, chat, and interactions that happen in the hostel. Another bad thing in the school hostel is that students steal a lot. People steal clothes, boxers, pants, laptops, phones, slippers, bucket, shoes, headset, pot, and many other properties in the hostel. Some of my belongings like clothes, electronic gadget and other was stolen while in the hostel . Although people could break into your house to steal when you stay off campus, however, little domestic stealing is rare.
5. Heat And Bed Bugs: Uniben hostel especially the popularly known Hall 3 and Hall 4 and many other schools hostels are breeding environments for bed bugs. With that number in the room and everyone cooking simultaneously, you could imagine the heat that would be generated. Hostel is not a place for comfort at all.
Conclusion:
It is all up to you to decide whether to stay in the school hostel or not. You already have all the points and comparisons you need to make decision. However, I will advice year one students to stay in the hostel… After your 100L you could then decide whether to continue in the hostel or not. I wish you all the best in your academic career........ .
Source: https://schoolgossip.com.ng/8-advantages-and-5-disadvantages-of-staying-in-school-hostel/

UNIBEN.... outside school hostel has 60% chance of getting ROBBBED and 40% chance of DEATH... so what are you saying.... SCHOOL HOSTEL IS BEST if off-campus is dangerous. SO ITS A RELATIVE THING... YOU CANT GENERALIZE

Nice

Thanks op, I was considering off campus before but now I will have to apply school hostel.
Thanks for the ORIENTATION!

on point

Number 2 is the best point you said. Staying in a school Hostel makes you mingle with different kind of people.I mean different kind of people and it really shapens your life as a Nigerian.
You will be able to tolerate different kinda nonsense from people when you get to the outside world.

I just don't like School Hostels
Government need to work on the facilities. They are too BAD

The problem I faced when I was in school hostel was that there was light all the time.. So am already addicted to my gadgets, u know the rest...

I recommend staying in hostel for the first 2 or 3 years, then moving out in the final years. That's if hostel is no longer conducive due for you

...

The only advantage of off campus is that the opposite sex can visit you and spend the night and you can be free and check back whenever you like.

I don't know about other hostels but in MOUAU, we are sure of electricity from 7pm to 12 am, that's if there is no power from NEPA.

I think it depends on your course too,if for example yhu reading medicine I don't think the school hostel would be the best choice..coz you'll need a quiet and serene environment

I've stayed in the hostel for 3 years now and I'm goan stay in my final year at Unilorin, if you ain't staying in hostel, Aswear you're missing ooo. You just have to meet different types of crazy people, you know how to tolerate and you'll be more social and be wise.
Perhaps I could remember vividly in my 100 level days, power was just interrupted for just like 30 mins in the first semester! Off campus guys still give us phone and gadgets to charge for them

I will take my chances off campus. School hostels in Nigeria are too dirty and irritating.

I remember that day I stepped my foot into hall 4 In uniben... gosh!!! I almost vomited, Federal university hostels are just too dirty. no offense

Boys hotel is always the worse, you will go to toilet and it will look as if you're in a jungle living with apes

Nice piece...very enlightening

during ASUU strike... you rent for off campus continues.. this is not the case in School hostel.

School hostel has more advantages than disadvantages.






One yeye squatter annoyed me this morning tho but its all good. We go soon vacate.


Squatters are always annoying,dem no dey respect themselves.

I stayed in the Hostel for my 100L & I love love it! Different characters esp the funny ones but I value my space & cleanliness (though now most of d bathrooms in ABU been upgraded). Off K was fun too: freedom n when u keep sth when u come back u'll find it the position u kept it

ABU hostel. Best in West Africa.

Clean( kongo campus)

No bed bugs

Fenced with security men

OP you really have seen people read more than 24 hours straight?
You can lie !!
Chai this lie weak me

I think the biggest disadvantage of staying in a hostel is the lack of privacy..........
To kpansh
don't quote me biko

I love hostel accommodation. You'd meet and interact with personalities and characters you never knew exist.
Best fun/experience one would ever have...that difficult topic/course would be cracked and made easy by a room mate, neighbour or that guy living few rooms away from you, you 'gym', play sports with 'men' who robbed, maimed,killed, done all sorts.

You make great friends. Learn new interpersonal skills.

Privacy...when that babe comes to give you some...your room mates are happy for you, they'd go on exile and are full of enthusiasm when they surface, bigger and wider smiles on their faces, all eager to know how many mls/vol you discharged, how long it took ...The G mens would want to 'Spider'...IJ hall, Kenneth Dike hall UNEC would understand what I'm saying.

IJeeeeeeeeeeh.

WAT U Say Is Real..Bt U No Is Gud U Stay At Hostel Fr Lik 1 To 2 Hundred Level So Dat U Can Gain More Skul Experience.... Afta Dat U Can Stay D Rest Of Your Skul Life Off K

Evaberry:
...

The only advantage of off campus is that the opposite sex can visit you and spend the night and you can be free and check back whenever you like.

Sch Hostel Is Fun Thou Lived Der Frm 100l Nd Nw Am In My Finals My Sch Hostel Is Accordin 2 Ur Moni 6 Man 4 2man Rooms 6 Man Rm Is D Best Esp Wing A Rep FCET AKOKA

greatnaija01:
UNIBEN.... outside school hostel has 60% chance of getting ROBBBED and 40% chance of DEATH... so what are you saying.... SCHOOL HOSTEL IS BEST if off-campus is dangerous. SO ITS A RELATIVE THING... YOU CANT GENERALIZE

That's not true. Everyone will not be accommodated in the hostel so were do they stay? .There are still some persons that lived outside the school hostel yet they were not robbed or dead. In fact stealing is rampant in uniben hostels

Hostel suckz, don't let the op confuse you. You have a higher chance of people stealing ur stuff in hostels than off campus

youngvc1:
Should I stay in school hostel or not? What are the major benefits of school hostel life and why do you think I should not live in the University hostel? These are the top questions asked by newly admitted students in addition to schools fees and course registration queries. I have spent quite sometime in school hostel and at such has alot to offer as regards the topic at hand.
In this article, I will be listing out 8 disadvantages of school hostels and 5 reasons you should not think of living in the hostel. This piece is scientifically compiled based on findings from major Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across Nigeria. The following are Universities and Polytechnics I shall emphasise on: Covenant University, Federal University of Technology Owere (FUTO), University of Benin (UNIBEN), University Of Lagos (UNILAG), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Illorin (UNILORIN), Abu Zaria, Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Auchi Polytechnic, Lagos State University (LASU), University of Portharcourt (UNIPORT), University of Ibadan (UI), Laspotech and many more. Trust me, I will try to make this topic as interesting as possible.
Are you ready for the comparison? Take a glass of chilled water, tighten your seat belt and let’s begin the interesting journey.
8 Reasons You Should Stay In School Hostel:
1. Hostel Is Relatively Secure: You want to graduate right? Then security should be your number one priority. School hostels are more secure compared to off campus. With every passing day, we hear gist about how arm robbers attack students who live outside hostels and take most valuable properties from them. I have not heard or experienced gun attack inside campus hostels mind you, am not saying it doesn't occur, its rare! Another common security threat outside campus is cultism. Cultists operate more outside campus than school hostels.
2. You Will Learn To Tolerate People: Some species of persons and behaviours you will find in school hostels will make you wonder whether those guys were made in the image of God. However, you would be able to cope and tolerate them. Before now, you always feel that everyone has to think and act the way you do; but you are wrong. Just the way our faces differ, so also does our hearts and characters differ. Meeting different persons makes you understand and begin to take them for who they are. Hostel fosters relationship building. There is a common belief that you can stay anywhere in the world if you
can survive in school hostels. That’s because the school hostel has exposed you and able to make you solve compatibility issues.
3. You Will Have Broader Knowledge: You will be surrounded by students across various faculties and departments. Interacting with them will help you know more about other fields of study. Meeting different persons will also make you know more about life. I have been able to know more about Medicine, Pharmacy, Accounting, Law, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Nursing, Agric and other beautiful courses most especially computer science because of the privilege I had to live with students from those departments and faculties. This is possible because the school hostel allows students in various departments to come together. Apart from knowing more about their courses and departments, the school hostel also gives you the opportunity to meet persons from different states and tribes. In this case you would be able to learn other languages and
know more about places you have not been to. You will as well learn how to prepare different kind of dishes. In one way or the other, you will always meet amazing people that you would love to be like. Your senior colleagues could also be in the same room with you to give you materials and advice ahead of time.
4. Reading Enthusiasm: The school hostel has been able to dramatically boost my reading habit. Your reading life will likely increase by ten fold if you live in the school hostel. Every minute, you will see persons going to night classes to read. There are
times you won’t find anyone left in your room and you will be like, “na me come dull pass?”. The next thing is for you to also take your things and push to night class or reading room. No matter how good you are at reading, you will find persons who read far more than you in the school hostel. I have seen people read for more than 24 hours straight and I have done it many times too. The school hostel has a way of boosting your reading habit and enthusiasm. In addition, you result will likely be better (get good result) in your first year if you live in school hostel. You will be too comfortable if you live alone or with just one persons outside school. Off campus presents you with all the pleasure life has to offer.
5. Proximity To Source Of Information: Information is what puts you at the right position and it is what you have in your head that takes you ahead. The school hostel gives you first hand information about what recent happenings in school and what may likely happen next. You would be the first to know whether the class would hold or not, whether there would be attendance, what the lecturer is planning, the new materials to read for the text and exams, the Students Union Government
newsletter and many information you need to come out in flying colours.
6. Proximity To Classes: You will be able to rush to class in case of emergency tests and attendance. It would also be easy for you to go back and pick anything you might have forgotten in the hostel. Apart from the instances above, it is good to walk to class just in few minutes. You don’t have to be exhausted anytime you trek to class. It would also save you the transport you would have been burning daily to come to class plus possible hold ups on the road.
7. Stable Water And Power Supply: Most University hostels in Nigeria have alternative sources of power supply. There is always electricity at night when the public electricity power supply interrupts supply. Every student needs electricity at night to cook, read, and do other stuffs. The presence of alternative source of power supply makes hostel better than off campus. Even if you are able to afford a generator off campus, noise and the fact that you have to spend money on fuel is a big
turn off.
8. School Hostels Are very Affordable: You pay as low as #5,000 per session depending on your school. If you don’t have much money to waste on rent and other properties you need to live comfortably outside campus then try the school hostels. Another benefit is that you will always find persons to help you when you are stranded in the hostel. There are many more advantages of staying in school hostel, however, the above points should be enough for you to decide whether to stay in hostel or not.
5 Reasons Why You Should Not Stay In School Hostel:
1. You Will Continue To reapply Every Session: Your hostel fee only lasts for one session, stressful right? . The school sends every student packing at the end of each session. You will always have to reapply for hostel and you may not be lucky to secure a space the next time. The condition to reapply is that you must first pay your school fees. This switch will make you meet different room mates who may not be as nice as those in your first room.
2. Bad Habits And Privacy: You may be wondering how many persons stay per room in the school hostel. The number could be lesser than five for a high quality school hostel. However, the number generally ranges from 8 to 17 persons per room (I am not exaggerating). In Unilag, Uniben, aau and other hostels, you have so many persons living in one room. This will really result to privacy issue. You can’t have personal private life or private property. Your things could be taken without permission and you could meet random persons “crashing” in your bed space. Hostel is very annoying since you will see persons with different philosophies and raw behaviours. You will come across fellow students who may seem psychopathic schizophrenic. The habits displayed there is something else.
3. Dirty School Toilets And Hostel Environment: The School hostel toilets are generally dirty and smell bad… Some students defecate without flushing while other leave feces behind on the floor. It is very disgusting that I won’t want to dwell on that. Many students living in the hostel are dirty and as such mess up the school hostel environment. You will notice different odors in the hostels.
4. Bad Influence And Robbery Issues: With such number of persons in the hostel, there will certainly be bad eggs. Remember, evil communication corrupts good manners. You can change from good, amazing, soft and God fearing boy/girl to a bad girl/boy overnight. You are not immune, it can happen to many persons. This influence can begin from the music, chat, and interactions that happen in the hostel. Another bad thing in the school hostel is that students steal a lot. People steal clothes, boxers, pants, laptops, phones, slippers, bucket, shoes, headset, pot, and many other properties in the hostel. Some of my belongings like clothes, electronic gadget and other was stolen while in the hostel . Although people could break into your house to steal when you stay off campus, however, little domestic stealing is rare.
5. Heat And Bed Bugs: Uniben hostel especially the popularly known Hall 3 and Hall 4 and many other schools hostels are breeding environments for bed bugs. With that number in the room and everyone cooking simultaneously, you could imagine the heat that would be generated. Hostel is not a place for comfort at all.
Conclusion:
It is all up to you to decide whether to stay in the school hostel or not. You already have all the points and comparisons you need to make decision. However, I will advice year one students to stay in the hostel… After your 100L you could then decide whether to continue in the hostel or not. I wish you all the best in your academic career........ .
Source: https://schoolgossip.com.ng/8-advantages-and-5-disadvantages-of-staying-in-school-hostel/

U no go kpansh girl in ur hostel share bcoz ur room mates will never excuse you