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Accreditation exercise requirements adequacy and quality of resources in South-south federal universities, Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.31248/IJET2020.079 | Article Number: 85CBBA593 | Vol.5 (2) - June 2021
Received Date: 30 June 2020 | Accepted Date: 22 September 2020 | Published Date: 30 June 2021
Authors: Bolapeju M. Agboola* and Bassey, Aniedi O.
Keywords: Accreditation requirements, academic programmes, quality status, resource adequacy, benchmark.
The study determined accreditation exercises requirement adequacy and quality of resources in south-south federal universities, Nigeria. Four research questions and null hypotheses guided the study. Study design was ex-post facto with population of 6667 and sample size of 723 academic staff selected through multi-stage sampling technique in six universities. Data were generated with two validated instruments titled: "Accreditation Exercise Requirement Adequacy Questionnaire (AERAQ)" and "Resource Quality Status Checklist (RQSC)". Reliability coefficient of 0.93 was obtained for AERAQ using Cronbach alpha statistic. Research questions were answered with mean and the null hypotheses tested with independent t-test statistic at significant level of 0.05. The findings show significant difference between accreditation exercise requirement adequacy and quality status of academic staff, library facilities and funding. Recommendations made include; conduct of regular monitoring of programmes by National Universities Commission and provision of adequate funds, infrastructures, facilities and lecturers to ensure the resources meet the benchmark.
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