TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND INTERVENTION IN ACADEMIC STAFF TRAINING IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES.

The study investigated the impact of TETFund intervention in academic staff training and development on academic staff performance in South East Public Universities. The study adopted Ex-post facto research design. The study used annual time series data obtained from secondary sources. Data for the study was obtained from secondary sources from the Education Support Service, TETFund Abuja. 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 on effective teaching in South East Public Universities at (P<0.01). Secondly, the study revealed that Tertiary Education Tax Fund (TETFund) intervention in human capacity building has positive impact on the competence of academic staff of the beneficiary's universities. The study concludes that academic staffs are likely to acquire more knowledge and skills and the capacity to face teaching and research competitively. Implication of the finding indicated that when staffs are not exposed to the staff training and development, it will affect performance and may jeopardize professional skills, innovation and knowledge in the universities. The study recommended that TETFund and Universities are encouraged to provide adequate state of art facilities that will propel creativity and innovation in modern teaching and research skills of the beneficiaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]