Assessment of the Relationship Between the AST&D Beneficiaries and the Perceived Benefits and Challenges

Abstract

The study looked at the relationship between TETFUND AST&D beneficiaries’ satisfaction with the benefit and the obstacles associated with the funding for academic staff training and development. The study’s population was drawn from Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in the Northwest, Nigeria. Twenty of the thirty structured questionnaires were returned as valid and were used in the study. The descriptive statistics were obtained by SPSS 2023, and the hypothesis was tested using Spearman’s correlation coefficients. Statistics reveal a totally positive and statistically significant association between the satisfaction of AST&D recipients and the benefits and difficulties. Second, the interaction between AST&D benefits and challenges was strongly positive and statistically significant, indicating that the challenges had no effect on the benefits. The study recommends that TETFUND should entice local funding to attract applicants. Balancing the disparity between local and international AST&D funds will attract more local trainees and will also increase Nigeria’s assets denominated in foreign currency (foreign reserves) that are held by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).