EDUCATIONAL FUNDING CATALYST FOR TEACHER’S SERVICE DELIVERYAND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IKOM EDUCATION ZONE OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examines the educational funding as catalyst for teachers’ service delivery and 
global competitiveness in secondary schools in Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State, 
Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The descriptive survey 
design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 8234 (eight thousands 
two hundred and thirty- four) teachers from 212 grant-aided secondary schools in Ikom 
Education Zone. A sample of 130 (one hundred and thirty) teachers from twenty (20) selected 
secondary schools was used for the study. A 10- items structured questionnaire developed by 
the researcher titled “Educational Funding as Catalyst for Teachers’ Service Delivery and 
Global Competitiveness Questionnaire (EFCTSDGCQ)” was used for data collection. 
Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation scores were used to answer the research 
questions while independent t-test statistical tool was used to test the hypotheses. The findings 
revealed that educational funding on human resource management and provision of school 
facilities significantly enhances secondary school teachers’ service delivery in the study area. 
Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others that the government 
and educational administrators should provide adequate funds for the management of human 
resources such as prompt and regular payment of teachers’ salaries and allowances among 
others; educational administrators should endeavor to make sufficient funds available for 
provision of adequate physical school facilities since their non-availability or inadequacy, 
lower teachers’ service delivery.