Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND): Themes and Theoretical Perspectives

This study focused on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND): Themes and theoretical perspectives. The Nigeria public universities which translated into incessant industrial action zone over the years, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strongly linked it to poor funding, lack of revamping the Nigeria university education system, poor remuneration among other issues by the successive Nigeria Government, necessitated this research work at this material time. Nigeria universities have been bedeviled for years by debilitating labour unrest, if it is not ASUU, one time, it is NASU at another time, or SAAUN at another time or a joint force under the auspices of JAC- Joint Action Committee. The objective of this study is to investigate tertiary education trust fund (TETFUND): Themes and theoretical perspectives. The study argued that to what extent does tertiary education trust fund (TETFUND) improves staff training and infrastructural development in Nigeria tertiary education. It is necessary to mention that the destiny of a nation is determined by its level of commitment to quality education, among others. The better the education, the better the citizens and then the better the human productivity in the nation’s development. However, the study relied heavily on relevant theoretical literature from internet search engines, such as Google, journals, and text books, etc. The study adopted a qualitative research method. The study explains System Theory and adopted it as theoretical framework. The research reviewed that TETFUND has positive impact in reducing the backwardness in tertiary education in Nigeria in the specific area of staff development, infrastructure, and academic research training, both locally and internationally, but except the obnoxious policies in accessing the fund sometimes by the Federal Government. The study recommends among others: that Federal Government should as quick as possible remove all bureaucratic bottlenecks attached during accessing TETFUND by prospective beneficiaries in various universities in Nigeria.