Increasing Finance, Improving Schools

Loubert, Linda

doi:10.1007/s12114-008-9019-x

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“…Improving fund via fund raising to booster IGR in private institutions often yield little fund as it is not norms in African communities. Proper funding of tertiary institutions are very important as they determine output quality and staff morale [15,33,38]. Ijaduola [35] explained that national productivity can reduce if morale is low or when workers cease to work due to irregular salaries and benefits are irregular.…”

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Public Private Partnership (PPP) as an Aid to Tertiary Institution Support for Internally Generated Revenue (IGR): A Case Study of Yaba College of Technology

Olalekan¹,

Owoseni²,

Alaka³

et al. 2022

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This study is on the contribution of public private partnership (PPP) to education development by generating revenue to sustain the infrastructure and academic decency of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos in Nigeria. Higher Education is a veritable tool for socio-economic development of any country. Training and educating society are the key influence of tertiary institution but they need to be financially sustained to carry out functional duties in terms of resources and development. PPP is seen as a solution to revamping educational sector that is experiencing failure in research and infrastructure growth everyday due to insensitivity on the part of government to finance education by meeting up the minimum requirement benchmark put forward by the United Nation (UN). The study identified the sources of internally generated revenue (IGR) of Yaba College of Technology, limitation facing these IGRs and investigated key issues affecting attempts to improve the IGR. The survey research strategy was used through questionnaire distribution to academic and non-academic members of staff for data collection. A total 150 questionnaires were returned. Sale of admission forms and Tuition fees and revenue from commercial ventures were revealed as main source of IGR. Analysis of the questionnaires showed key issues with IGR improvement to include performance, marketability, internalization, research and development as the challenges facing the institutional growth of the college. The study therefore recommends that concerted effort should be made by the government and private sectors to providing lasting solution to decline in educational sector of Nigeria.

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Public Private Partnership (PPP) as an Aid to Tertiary Institution Support for Internally Generated Revenue (IGR): A Case Study of Yaba College of Technology

Olalekan¹,

Owoseni²,

Alaka³

et al. 2022

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“…According to Oliff and Leachman (2011), "The cuts have significant consequences, both now and in the future: They are causing immediate public-and private-sector job loss, and in the long term are likely to reduce student achievement and economic growth" (p. 1). Loubert (2008) examined the changes in academic achievement, before and after increases in funding occur, to show that money does indeed matter. The uniqueness of Loubert's study is that it examines per pupil funding and academic achievement test scores, not at the aggregated school district level, but at the neighborhood school level.…”

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confidence: 99%