Impact of TETFund Intervention on Quality and Relevance of Research Development in Tertiary Institutions in North Central Nigeria

Abdullahi Barau Ibrahim

Abstract


The study examined the impact of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention on quality and relevant educational research (2015-2019). The study focused on the impact of TETFund interventions on adequate relevant research development in tertiary institutions in Nigeria with a special interest in state-owned Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study with African political economy model and resource-based model laying the theoretical foundation. The total population of the study was Eight thousand, seven hundred and eleven (8711) respondents drawn from five tertiary institutions in North Central Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 650 drawn from the population of the study. 612 valid copies of the questionnaire were used for analysis. The hypothesis used for the study was tested with one-way ANOVA at 0.05 levels of significance. The result indicates that TETFund intervention to a high extent has no significant impact on quality and relevant research by employees of state-owned Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria. This was attributed first, to the fact that funds allocated to these institutions over time were under accessed due to the institutions' inability to meet conditions set by TETFund for continuous access. Secondly, many institutions/staff that access research grants use part of them to take care of their personal needs leaving a paltry sum for research. The study recommends that the concerned institutions should work towards meeting the conditions for assessment by eliminating corrupt tendencies, and adequately remunerate academics so that research grants would be used for what they are meant, TETFund should cut down on some of the procedures to enable lecturers to access the fund in due time, Tertiary Education Trust Fund should make provision to allow a tertiary institution to assess missed funds provided for the previous year instead of forfeiting such allocations.

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