TETFUND APPLICATIONS IN INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP IN RIVERS STATE
Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi, Amadi George Achinike &Wobo, Anthony Anayor,
Department of Educational Management
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt
ABSTRACT
The study delved into TETFUND Applications in Infrastructural Development and University Leadership in Rivers State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The descriptive design will seek the opinions of respondents who will serve as samples representatives of the study group on staff development. The population of the study comprised of 570 university leaders (HODs, Deans, Directors, Principal officers, Professors, Senior Lecturers), drawn from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, and Rivers State University. A sample size of 382, which makes up 20% of the population, was randomly drawn from the named institutions. The instrument for data collection in this study was a self-structured questionnaire titled TETFUND application in infrastructural development and University leadership in Rivers State (TIIDRU). Items on the questionnaire were structured on a four point rating scale ranging of Strongly Agree (SD) 4 points, Agree (A) 3 point, Disagree (D) 2 points and Strongly Disagree (SD) 1 point. The instrument was given to the researcher’s senior lecturers and professor in department of Educational Management of the University to make necessary correction and to validate the content of the instrument.The study adopted the Crumbach Alpha using SPSS version 23. The tested scores were correlated using the Crumbach Alpha at 0.9331> 0.71 which showed that the instrument was highly reliable. Mean and standard deviation was employed to analyse the research questions. The hypotheses were tested using the T-test at the .05 significance level. Out of the 382 copies of the questionnaires distributed, 370 or 97% were duly completed and returned. The analysis was therefore based on the 370 returned questionnaires. The study found that there have been inadequate applications of TETFUND in university critical areas such as hostels, lecture halls, library, workshops and libraries and recommended for a refreshed trend of allowing redirecting and appropriating such funds to quality university infrastructure by university leaders.
Keywords: TETFUND applications, Infrastructural Development, University Leadership
