Abstract
The study investigated TETFund Training Programmes as Correlates of Academic Staff Development in Public Universities in Delta State, Nigeria. The study examined the relationship between different dimensions of TETFund training programmes and academic staff development. The study focused on three areas: teaching practice supervision, scholarship for postgraduate studies, and sponsorship of research activities. Three research questions were raised to guide this study and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A correlational research design was adopted. The population consisted of 958 academic staff drawn from two public universities (Delta State University, Abraka and Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun) in Delta Senatorial District. The sample size of the study was 262 respondents, which was selected using stratified and simple random sampling techniques. The instrument was validated through face and content validity, and data collected was trial-tested using the Cronbach’s alpha method to establish its internal consistency. After analyses, the instrument yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.70, indicating that the instrument was reliable. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, and data collected were analysed using Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation and linear regression. Findings revealed a significant relationship between TETFund training programmes and academic staff development across all variables studied. The study concluded that teaching practice supervision, scholarship for postgraduate studies, and sponsorship of research activities significantly relate to academic staff development. It was recommended that university management should sustain TETFund training programmes for academic staff development order to enhance productivity and job performance.
Keywords: TETFund, Training Programmes, Academic Staff, Development, Universities