Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Interventions, Staff Training and Conference Attendance in South-South States of Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions, Staff Training and Conference Attendance in South-South States of Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The correlational survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 969 lecturers from the Federal Colleges of Education in South-South States, Nigeria. The sample size for the study was 362 lecturers from three federal colleges of education in South-South States, Nigeria selected using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was the researcher’s developed questionnaire titled ‘TETFund Interventions Questionnaire (TIQ)’ which has a total of 16 items. The instrument was face validated by three experts. The reliability coefficient value of 0.81 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha Statistical Tool. Data were analysed using mean to answer the research questions. The One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that the level of utilization of academic staff training and conference attendance by lecturers were high. Based on these findings, it was recommended that lecturers should be encouraged by the management of academic institution to attend international conferences and undergo trainings at least after every two years so as to avoid brain drain among others.

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