Tertiary education trust fund interventions and tertiary institution capacity building in South-West, Nigeria
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2017
Authors
Akinsanya, P.O.
Olusanya, J.O.
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Department of Lifelong and contnuing education, University of Lagos, Akoka
Abstract
This study examincd Ihe use and impact of TETfund on the dev I pment 01' tertiary eciuc,lIioll in igcria vvirh particular reference to hell 'fittillg instituti ns in SWill-West, Nigeria. Tile population of the study 'ollll rise I or tertiw,) instilulions in SOllth-west _ Lagos. Ogun, (»)<I, ()Ilt! 1. G,ili dilL! Oxun "t<lIL'~. Simple random sampling was used to PlC)., tIll cc uni ('1' ities. three pol) tc 11Ilic~ and three colleges of education [rom the p lpulali()ll. Des riptive urvey was adopted for the study. Ihc instlument used 101' data collection was a designed qucsti nnaire tagged ''['/\()' which wa drafted 10 gather data needed for the study. Tw re' Hr h questions and six hypotheses guided the study. 'imple percenwges and hi-square res: were used to analyse the research 4Lh.!stiuns and hyp theses. Finding revealed that TETFund has significant impact on dcmkl\llC 1IL'\L'IU])IIIL'111\01 stall III ::.ullJ JICd::>.I.). Conferences. journa I publ ication. manuscript dcvelopment and capacity building; although TCTFund is readil) available to tertiary institutions in the outh-West, accessing it is a lil11e bit difficult. Based on the findings, it was recommended that TETFuncl shoulcl increase allocations given to institutions; that TETFund should set up detached monitoring devices to put management of institutions in check, and to conduct routine checks on prOjects awarded; that TETFund should ensure prompt release of allocations to enhance proper disbursement of funds to beneficiaries; and that TETFund should be decentralized which will help in reducing the bureaucracies around the fund.
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Staff publications
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Tetfund , Tertiary Institutions , Use and impact , Trust fund interventions , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
Citation
Akinsanya, P.O. and Olusanya, J.O. (2017). Tertiary education trust fund interventions and tertiary institution capacity building in South-West, Nigeria. Journal of Educational Thought, 6(2), 122-141.