Title:
BUSINESS EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF TET FUND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ANAMBRA STATE OF NIGERIA

Authors:
Associate Prof. Joy A. Okeke-ezeanyanwu and Chiamaka E. Okpala , Nigeria

Abstract:
The study was aimed at ascertaining business educators’ perception of the contribution of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) in the development of business education programme for sustainable development in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 109 business educators in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Structured questionnaire developed by the researchers and containing 23 items was used to collect data. The questionnaire was validated by three experts. Mean ratings and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions, while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that TETFUND have not contributed much in developing business education programme in Anambra State. Findings also revealed that insufficient funds, unfavourable government policy which limits the capacity of the Fund, lack of proper supervision of the activities of TETFUND, lack of synergy between TETFUND and the benefiting institutions and leakages of money accruable to the fund as a result of outright pilferage by the collecting agency among others were some of the challenges hampering the realization of the objectives of TETFUND in the development of business education programme for sustainable development in Anambra State. Based on these findings, the researchers recommended among others, that periodic auditing should be carried out to ensure the execution of projects for which money has been spent. It was also recommended that potential beneficiary institutions should be mandated to present and defend their proposed projects before grants are released for the execution of those projects