Influence Of Student Support Services On Students’ Academic Performance
[A CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IKERE EKITI, EKITI STATE]

Akpan (2000) argued quantitatively that “a more optimal policy option in funding education is increased” students’ income support (as in bursary payment) going along with improved facilities if academic performance is to be enhanced. According to him, the time that students are willing to put into studies depend on the level of income support and such expected income support should bring respite on the following needs, namely: the library, laboratory, classroom, hostel facilities, recreational and health facilities among others.
Johnson (1965) conceived some of the student support services to include, psychological services, school social services, health services, attendance services and guidance services. From the above, it shows that student support services are purely non-instructional which is the institution. Adequate provision of the student support services will make the student to behave in a desirable manner while inadequate or poor student support services will make them to behave in a less developed  way.
Aims and Objectives of Student Support Services
There are no institutions where student support services are not available. Some of the objectives of the student support services in any institution are:
(1)    To assist students to develop fully their potentials through effective and efficient use of available resources at their disposal.
(2)    To encourage the students so that they can make use of the facilities provided by the institutions in a more efficient and effective manner.
(3)    To provide the students with environment that is physically, intellectually and morally conducive for their learning throughout their stay in the college.
(4)    To guide the students on how to make intelligent choice about their profession through the help of a professional counsellor
Types of  Student Support Services
For smooth running of school programmes, the following service should be provided by the school administrations.
-    Counsellings Services: Is an integrated part of the academic programme with the aims of helping students to adjust to the campus life effectively for making wise choice and plans to solve individual problem through counselling.
-    Library Services: provide solid or vital useful information to the student for research during and after school examination and also for the research project.
-    Health Services: In a normal school system, the student has free access to medical services in the school at least the medical centre must provides health services round the clock, seven days in a week so that students suffering from one ailment or the other can be provided with drugs in respect to such ailment as suffered.
-    Transportation Services: The school administration must try as much as possible to provide enough buses for the students. Transportation is a great facility for the students, the school buses should be schedule for different part of city and services must always be available any time before the arrival of the students.
-    Accommodation Services: It is the duty of the school administration to provide adequate accommodation services to the students in the college. If the accommodation is affordable and adequately provided to the students it will positively affect the performance of the students.
-    Information  Services: The school management is also expected to provide adequate information services to the students in the college. The students are to be well informed about the activities going on in the school premises .Therefore, it is the duty of the school management to provide radio station, information centre, general and departmental notice board and social network in the college
Students Unpleasant Behaviour
    The fundamental objective of any educational institution is to facilitate the total and fullest development of the students in terms of enriching their personal sense of skill acquisition (psychomotor) and consequently, enable them to contribute to the socio-economic and political development of their father’s land (country). The effort of the educational institutions towards the achievement of these goals had been continuously aborted by the students of Nigerian tertiary institutions in the name of protests.
    The unpleasant behaviours shown by the students which are inimical to the progress of their institution’s goals and objectives include: violence (students’ unrest), cultism, examination malpractices, raping, drug abuse, disobedience to rules and regulations.