ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING PUBLIC UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Okolo, U. Ebere and Ani, Ikechukwu and EMELE, Chinyere J. (2019) ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING PUBLIC UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA. Research Journal of Financial Sustainability Reporting, 4 (2). pp. 48-59.

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Abstract

Universities require alternative funding especially Public universities in South-East, Nigeria. As a result, this research was necessitated by the funding requirement of academic staff unions on the inadequate funds available for universities in Nigeria amidst series of strike actions. A survey research design was adopted for data collection utilizing a well structured questionnaire with a reliability index of 0.876, while percentages and frequency statistics represented in column were used to display the results. ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance and the results revealed that there are various acceptable alternative sources of funding public universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study recommend that cost creative fund raising activities are an acceptable alternative source of fund raising in public universities in South-East Nigeria; also, use of sale of research products and services fund raising activities are an acceptable alternative source of fund raising in public universities in South-East Nigeria. The above acceptable sources of fund raising among others would raise adequate funds available for universities; this work is addressed to the stake holders, Government, university administrators, students and lecturer-parents and researchers who are interested in having empirical information on Public University funding in Nigeria.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2021 13:35
Last Modified: 27 Jul 2021 13:35
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/3030

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