EFFECT OF TETFUND INTERVENTION ON STAFF TRAINING IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

The study assessed the effect of TETFund intervention on staff training in Federal University of Education Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The failure of the nation’s educational system to deliver on its set objectives, which greater blames are on the poor status of its teaching staff, attributable to decay of instructional materials and equipment, paucity of research and publications, inadequate qualified academic staff in the Universities which pose negative impact on performance. The study adapted human capital theory as a theoretical framework by Adam Smith. The study adopted survey design and obtain its data from primary and secondary sources. The instruments of the primary data collection utilized was Questionnaire. The Questionnaires were administered to 287 respondents. Respondents were selected using a Cluster and simple random sampling techniques. Simple Linear Regression analysis was used in testing the hypotheses. Both descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used. Findings of the study showed that the study found out that some of the staff who are qualified to have TETFund grant are not able to access the package of the annual allocation on training. The study recommended that the federal government through TETFund should increase the annual allocation on training so that more staff would be able to access the package