Influence of University Administration on Human Resource Utilization and Quality Education Delivery in State Universities in North Eastern Nigeria
- June 25, 2021
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue V, May 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
Prof. Mrs. C. E. Edemenang, Dr. Muhammad Adam, Dr. S. S. Sara, Salisu, Salome Audu
Federal College of Education, Gombe, Nigeria
Abstract
This paper examined the Influence of University Administration on Human Resource Utilization and Quality Education Delivery in State Universities in North Eastern Nigeria. Two purposes of the study and corresponding research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised of 30 academic staff working in the State Universities in the North Central. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample of the study. The instrument used for data collection was “Influence of University Administration on Human Resource Utilization and Quality Education Delivery Questionnaire for Academic Staff” (IUAHRUQED). The reliability of the instrument was 0.791. The findings of the study revealed that there was high positive relationship between improving quality education delivery with low level of human utilization in administration among State Universities. Conclusions and recommendations were made among which are there is need for the Federal, State and local government to provide adequate class size in order to avoid class over load and excessive assignment for lecturers in order to enhance effectiveness in teaching and learning in the state universities.
Introduction
Nigerian university system has suffered greatly from poor quality educational facilities, lack of teachers and teachers’ motivation, it also suffers from lack of adequate provision of educational resources (Agabi, 2010). Teacher’s attrition is one of the driving contributors to the shortages of effective teachers internationally. The common factors that spur teachers worldwide to leave the profession include low salaries, overwhelming workload and poor working conditions (Cheryl, 2017). Cheryl, argued that, is not out of way if staff expected to be paid financial rewards commensurate with the services performed, a good remuneration tends to reduce inequalities between staff earning, raise their individual morale and motivate them to work. Cheryl, also emphases, there are problems in the quality and number of staff recruited for the education of our citizens due to political influence and God fathers taken the upper hand and overwhelming workload allocated to the teachers in university system due to shortage of human resources.
Nigerian Government has not been able to provide the
