Tetfund-Sponsored Training and Development: Effect on Academic Staff Engagement and Productivity in Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.38142/ijssc.v2i4.256Keywords:
TETFUND, Staff training, Staff engagementAbstract
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is their attempt to evaluate the impact of this noble gesture of TETFund on Nigerian higher education institutions, have conducted studies across the beneficiary institutions to assess the impact of TETFund intervention activities on the beneficiary institutions. It is against this backdrop that this study investigates the impact of TETFund sponsored training and development on the engagement and productivity of academic staff in the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti.
Methodology:
Four specific research objectives were stated, and while the quantitative research design was employed, collection of data was done from the primary source with the aid of expert-validated questionnaires. Data analysis was carried out using both descriptive (simple percentage and bar charts) as well as inferential statistics (correlation and regression analysis technique).
Findings:
The study revealed that TETFund-sponsored training and development, both by conference attendance and academic degree significantly enhanced staff motivation and loyalty while facilitating increased number and quality of research output conducted and published, and hence, strongly stimulated academic staff engagement and productivity among the academic staff of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.
Implication:
The implication of this is that trained academic staff via TETFund-sponsored training and development are strongly committed, motivated and dedicated to their jobs and better equipped to deliver and conduct high quality lectures and research.
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