Vol. 15, No. 1, June - December 2023

This paper analysis reading attitudes of university undergraduates in Kwara state, Nigeria. The study was a descriptive survey. The population of this study were all the university undergraduates in Universities in Kwara State. However, the purposive sampling technique was used to sample one Federal, State and Private university and both 300 and 400 level students that offer Education courses in Kwara State for this study. All 300 level and 400 level university undergraduates in the Faculties of Education in all the universities in the Kwara State for the target population for this study because, they are at the penultimate level of their studies. However, 560 university undergraduates were sampled in this study. The data for this study were gathered using structured questionnaire designed by the researcher entitled: Reading Attitudes Questionnaire (RAQ), while the reliability index stood at 0.82 which is adjudged to be good for data collection. Percentage was used to answer research question one, while the formulated hypotheses were tested using the independent t-test statistical tool. The finding of this study showed that the university undergraduates had positive reading attitude. Another finding indicates that there was no significant difference in the reading attitudes of University undergraduates based gender. Finding further indicates that there was no significant difference in the reading attitudes of University undergraduates based school type. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that, it is important to continue fostering a reading culture. Implement initiatives such as reading clubs, book fairs, and literacy campaigns to encourage regular reading habits among students