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| Human Capital Development And Research Funding In Nigerian Universities: Efforts Of Intervention Agencies |
ANIOBI Sunday Chiemeriwo, Prof. EWUIM Ngozi Christiana (Ph.D.)
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Abstract:
The major challenge facing the university system in Nigeria is inadequate funding. Notwithstanding several interventions by government, there still exist poor educational facilities in Nigerian universities. Resources needed for education production are grossly inadequate such as: hostels, libraries, lecture halls, laboratories, students' books and journals, office spaces etc. It is against this backdrop that this study aims at examining the role of TETFund Interventions in infrastructural development of federal universities in Nigerian. Among the objectives of this research is to ascertain the effect of TETFund Interventions on provision of office spaces, lecture halls, construction of laboratories and libraries in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State and Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Content Analytical and Evidence Based Research Approaches were adopted. The study reviewed the contributions of scholars in this field. Data were extensively sourced from documentary papers from which the objectives of the study were accomplished. The study found out that TETFund Interventions in Nigerian Universities particularly the universities studied have positively increased the provision of office spaces, lecture halls, laboratories and libraries in the institutions. The study recommends amongst others, a reduction and/or total elimination of unhealthy bureaucratic bottlenecks experienced in accessing TETFund interventions; utilization of honest and competent contractors in executing TETFund projects and involvement of wealthy individuals and donor agencies in closing infrastructural gap in Nigerian universities.
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