ASSESSMENT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND IN ACHIEVING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN AKWA-IBOM STATE

Abstract

This study assessed the extent of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TetFund) in achieving the provisions 
of facilities in public Universities in Akwa Ibom. Three Objectives, Three Research Questions and 
Three Hypotheses guided the Study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. A 
sample of 235 respondents which comprised 12 Principal Officers and 223 lecturers were used for the 
study. The study adopted a multi-staged sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was a 
30-item questionnaire titled: Assessment of Tetfund Infrastructural Provision Questionnaire (ATIPQ). 
The copies of the instrument were validated by three experts, two in Educational Administration and 
Planning and one from measurement and evaluation, all in College of Education, Michael Okpara 
University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to determine the 
internal consistency of the instrument which yielded 0.89 coefficient. Three briefed research assistants 
helped in the administration and collection of the instrument. Out of 235 copies of the questionnaire 
administered, 219 copies representing 93 percent return rate were used for data analysis. Mean and 
standard deviation was used to answer the five research questions raised for the study while t-test 
statistic was used to test the three null hypotheses raised for the study at 0.05 level of significance. 
The findings showed among others that Tetfund provided infrastructural facilities such as Classroom 
facilities and Library facilities, to a low extent while it provided ICT facilities to a very low extent. 
Based on the findings, the study therefore recommended among others that Tetfund should adequately 
provide classroom facilities to Public Universities especially those ones that suffer gross lack of 
facilities. It was equally recommended that Government should make more funds available to 
TetFund to enable the agency provide adequate facilities to Public Universities.