Time Management Practices of Working Class Mothers in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions: Need for Home Economics Education

Abstract

It is without doubt that everyone has equal amount of time and time waits for no one and proper us of
time bring about quality and quantitative output. This prompted the need for this study to explore the time
management practices of working class mothers in Nigerian tertiary institutions.Survey research was
adopted. The population is made up of all the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Eight tertiary institutions from
the geographical zones of Nigerian were selected. Eighty respondents were sampled using simple random
sampling. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. Question validated by experts was
used for data collection.The data collected was analyzed using mean. The results showed that working class
mothers in Nigerian tertiary institution procrastinates duties and do not know the time management
principles which the study of home economics would have inculcated that seminars and workshops be
organized to educate Nigerian working mothers on the efficient practices by time management as a way of
being more productive.