ABSTRACT

This study investigated availability and utilization of tertiary education trust fund and universities infrastructural development in South East, Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational research design. Six research questions and six hypotheses guided the study. A sample size of 30 respondents were drawn using clustered and proportionate random sampling techniques. Three sets of research developed questionnaires were used to collect data for the study. The first questionnaire titled Checklist of Availability of Tertiary Education Trust Fund Questionnaire (CATETFQ) and Utilization of Tertiary Education Trust Fund with 30 items each was designed to collect information on availability and utilization of TETFund while the third questionnaire titled: Universities Infrastructural Development Questionnaire (UIDQ) with 15 items was designed to collect information on universities infrastructural development. The data generated through the pilot testing of the instrument were subjected to statistical calculation using Cronbach Alpha Statistical tool to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire items. Reliability coefficient of 0.85, 0.82 and 0.84 were obtained for availability and utilization of TETfund and Universities infrastructural development respectively which indicated that the instrument is highly reliable for the study. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient to answer research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that positive moderate relationship between TETFund allocation for provision of infrastructures and universities infrastructural development, positive low relationship between TETFund made available for instructional materials and universities infrastructural development and positive low relationship between maintenance of available infrastructures and universities infrastructural development. Some of the recommendations made include; lecturers should make use of all the instructional materials provided in the school for effective teaching in the universities and Students should utilize the provided instructional materials during learning to encourage TETFund for more provision of infrastructures in the universities.