RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

Abstract

This study assessed the relationship between planning and management of state universities in North Central Zone of Nigeria. Two objectives with corresponding two research questions and hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The study used correlational survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 4,250 academic staff drawn from 36 faculties in all the 6 state universities in North Central Zone of Nigeria. The total sample size of the study consisted of 788 academic staff drawn from 15 faculties in 6 state universities in the study area using multi-stage and simple random sampling techniques. Lecturers Questionnaire on Planning and Management of State Universities’ (LQSPMSU) was the instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire consisted of 12 items. The instrument yielded 0.82 as the  logical validity index. The instrument also yielded 0.75 as coefficient of internal consistency. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were employed to answer the research questions while, Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between enrolment planning and management of state universities in North Central Zone of Nigeria (r-cal of 0.68>r-table of 0.16) and there was a significant relationship between staff planning and management of state universities in North Central Zone of Nigeria (r-cal of 0.70>r-table of 0.16). The study recommended that the Academic Planning Units of all the state universities in North Central Zone of Nigeria need to assess the available human and non-human resources periodically to ensure that admission of students in each academic session do not exceed the available resources.