Impact of tertiary education trust fund intervention in academic staff training and development within the South East public universities

Abstract

The study investigated the impact of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention in academic staff training and development in South East Public Universities. It adopted Ex-post facto research design. The study used annual time series data obtained from secondary sources. Data for the study was obtained from the Education Support Service, TETFund Abuja. The data analysis was done using R2 software with the aid of models which were estimated by the ordinary least square method. The statistical result of the study indicated that there is significant impact of Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund intervention in academic staff training and development towards effective teaching in South East Public Universities at (P<0.01). Secondly, the studyrevealed that Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund intervention in human capacity building has positive impact on the competence of academic staff of the beneficiary's universities. The implication of the finding indicated that when staffs are not exposed to the staff training and development, it will affect performance and that may jeopardize professional skills, innovation and knowledge in the universities. The study concludes that academic staffs are likely to acquire more knowledge and skills and the capacity to face teaching and research competitively through TETFund training. The study recommends that TETFund and Universities in South Eastern Nigeria should provide adequate state of the art facilities that will propel creativity and innovation in modern teaching and research skills for learners.