Impact of TETFUND Intervention on Human Resources Development in Government Owned Tertiary Institutions in South Eastern Nigeria (2011-2016)

Abstract

The study is on the “Impact of TETFund Intervention on Human Resources
Development in Government Owned Tertiary Institutions in South Eastern
Nigeria (2011-2016). The objectives of the study are to examine the extent
to which TETFund intervention on staff training and development improve
the skills of workers in government owned tertiary institutions in SouthEastern Nigeria; and to determine the extent to which TETFund sponsorship of staff to conferences and workshops improve research and the academic growth in tertiary institutions. The study adopts the descriptive survey research design. The total population of the study is 17,108 respondents drawn from government owned tertiary institutions in South-Eastern Nigeria. Primary data are collected using structured questionnaire that are administered to a sample of 391 while 340 copies were returned and used for the analysis. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The results of the correlation tests indicate that TETFund intervention on training and development has great impact on improved skills and development of the staff of tertiary institutions, and TETFund sponsorship of academic staff to
conferences and workshops has significant impact on research and academic
growth in tertiary institutions. The study concluded that despite the fact that
TETFund has immensely improved human resources development in
government owned tertiary institutions, there is still need for improvement.
It therefore recommended equal fund allocation formula to institutions and
elimination of bureaucratic bottlenecks to encourage easy access to fund by
tertiary institutions.