TETFund Sponsored Conference Attendance and Academic Staff Development at Federal University Gashua, Nigeria

It is doubtful that the academic staff at Federal University Gashua will perform their duties effectively and efficiently through conference attendance. To examine if conference attendance improves their professional development forms the basis for this research survey. This study applied a survey research method to ascertain the effect of conference attendance on academic staff development at Federal University Gashua. A structured questionnaire was designed to gather relevant information for our data analysis. To determine the level of their agreement, relevant questions were provided for the academic staff and the result revealed that conference attendance affects academic staff development by helping them sustain greater focus towards their prescribed roles. Similarly, conference attendance helps academic staff at FUGA to achieve their design responsibilities both within and outside the university. The paper concluded that conference attendance promotes academic staff development; and that, TETFund should improve on financial allocations to the case study institution based on needs assessment.