SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND QUALITY EDUCATION DELIVERY IN UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE

This study investigated the relationship between sustainable resource management practices and quality education delivery in public universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study Anchored on the Resource-Based Theory (RBT) and the Sustainable Development Theory, the study adopted a correlational research design. The population comprised 1,847 teaching and non-teaching staff drawn from three public universities in Rivers State. A stratified random sampling technique was employed to select 360 respondents. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire titled 'Sustainable Resource Management Practices and Quality Education Delivery Questionnaire which was validated by three experts, one in Educational Management and two in Measurement and Evaluation. A Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.84 was adopted. Four research questions guided the study, and four null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 significance level. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) were employed to answer the research questions, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypotheses. Results revealed significant positive relationships between financial resource management (r = 0.672, p < 0.05), human resource management (r = 0.714, p < 0.05), physical/infrastructure resource management (r = 0.741, p < 0.05), environmental resource management (r = 0.628, p < 0.05), and quality education delivery in public universities in Rivers State. The study concluded that sustainable resource management practices are critical determinants of quality education delivery in public universities in Rivers State, and recommended among others, that university administrators should institutionalize transparent, efficient, and sustainable resource management frameworks to enhance academic excellence