INFLUENCE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of TETFund on the Management of Federal Universities in South-East, Nigeria. Two (2) research questions and two (2) hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population comprised twenty five (25) Principal Officers and six thousand four hundred and thirty one (6,431) Lecturers in the five (5) Federal Universities in South-East, Nigeria. A sample size of six hundred and sixty eight (668) respondents was selected using Consensus and proportionate stratified random sampling technique. A Structured questionnaire developed by the researcher and titled: Influence of Tertiary Education Trust Fund Questionnaire (ITETFQ) was used in collecting data for the study. The instrument was face validated by three (3) experts. Cronbach’s alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. Data analysis was done using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. The study revealed that TETFund plays a major role in supporting and improving the management of Federal Universities through the provision of basic infrastructure and training of academic staff to improve the quality of educational delivery.  The researchers recommended that TETFund should ensure the use of competent contractors and companies in the construction of physical facilities to ensure quality execution of TETFund building construction projects in the respective institutions and staff training should be given a priority.