Research Article

TETFUND INTERVENTIONAL PROGRAMMES ON ACADEMIC STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA

Sirajo Bello1*, Naziru Muhammed Musalli2, Yusuf Abdu Yusuf2, Hindatu Maigari Yerima2
1 Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina-Nigeria
2 Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Sa’adu Zungur University, Bauchi State, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: sirajo.bellob@gmail.com
Published: Dec, 2024
DOI: 10.67894/bjpa.2024.1ywjyybf
Pages: 14-31
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Abstract

TETFund was established in 2011 to address the problem of inadequate funding of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This study examined the impact of TETFund interventional programmes on academic staff development in selected universities of North-western Nigeria (2012-2022). The study was guided by Resource dependency theory. The study adopted quantitative approach. The population of the study was 3512 with a sample size of 346. Questionnaire was used in the collection of data. Multiple regression analysis with the help of SPSS (version 23) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that TETFund scholarship, TETFund conference attendance sponsorship and TETFund manuscript development grant had positive and significant impacts on academic staff development. It was also found that lecturers in the universities investigated find it difficult to access the interventions for staff development and there were inadequate funds for staff development. The findings of the study would contribute to existing body of knowledge on human resource development and provide evidence based information for the TETFund, government and university managements to do more on staff development in tertiary institutions. Therefore, the study recommended among others that TETFund should sustain its staff development programmes and reduce the bureaucratic bottlenecks in accessing the funds, the university management ought to strengthen the local staff development fund and frequently organize grantsmanship seminar to train more academic staff on how to develop their academic manuscripts into books and access the research grants.

Keywords

Conference attendance Staff development Scholarship TETFund interventions.

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How to Cite

Bello, S., Musalli, N. M., Yusuf, Y. A., & Yerima, H. M. (2024). TETFUND INTERVENTIONAL PROGRAMMES ON ACADEMIC STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA. Bayero Journal of Public Administration, 4(1), 14-31. https://doi.org/10.67894/bjpa.2024.1ywjyybf

S. Bello, N. M. Musalli, Y. A. Yusuf, and H. M. Yerima, "TETFUND INTERVENTIONAL PROGRAMMES ON ACADEMIC STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA," Bayero Journal of Public Administration, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 14-31, December 2024. doi: 10.67894/bjpa.2024.1ywjyybf

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