Academic Staff Training and the Challenges of Accessing TETFund in Southwest Nigerian Universities

This study examined academic staff training and the challenges of accessing TETFund in Southwest Nigerian Universities. The study population comprised all the lecturers in Southwest Nigerian Universities from which a sample of 500 academic staff members was drawn from 5 Universities using simple random and stratified sampling techniques. A self-designed instrument tagged “Academic Staff Training and the Challenges of Accessing TETFund Questionnaire.” (ASTCATQ) was used to gather information from the respondents. The instrument was validated with a reliability coefficient of 0.75. The research question was answered with mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested with ANOVA at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there were many challenges inherent in accessing TETFund by members of the academic staff. A significant difference in the academic staff perception of the challenges of accessing TETFund for their training on the basis of their status was reported in the study. The study however revealed that there was no significant difference in the perception of the challenges involved in accessing TETFund for academic staff training based on their administrative experience. It was concluded on the basis of the findings of the study that the challenges inherent in accessing TETFund play a major role in hindering academic staff training in Southwest Nigerian Universities. It was therefore recommended that government and University management should endeavour to reduce the various challenges involved in accessing TETFund for academic staff training to the barest minimum.