LECTURERS’ COMPENSATION AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The goals of Colleges of Education in Nigeria include among others, producing of teachers with high discipline, dedication, appropriate knowledge and skills that would facilitate the actualisation of the national goals. It was against this background that the study examined lecturers’ compensation and goal achievement in Federal Colleges of Education, South-west, Nigeria. Descriptive research design of correlational type was adopted for the study. The target population comprised of 900 lecturers in the three Federal Colleges of Education, 1,292 principals and 7,127 head teachers of Basic schools that cut across Oyo, Lagos and Ogun States. Proportional sampling technique through the use of Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table was used to select 226 lecturers, 254 principals and 317 head teachers respectively. Self-designed questionnaire titled: ‘‘Lecturers’ Compensation Questionnaire (LCQ) and Goal Achievement Questionnaire (GAQ) were used to collect necessary data. The mean, standard deviation and Multiple Regression were used to answer the research questions and test hypothesis raised and formulated. The findings indicated that there was a significant prediction of lecturers’ compensation and goal achievement in Federal Colleges of Education, South-west, Nigeria. The study concluded that adequate compensation would go a long way in enhancing effective realisation of the goals of these institutions. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that: government should sustain and intensify their efforts by paying more attention to lecturer compensation through timely promotion, provision of affordable health services, salaries and improved training opportunities.