Data Management Issues and Lecturers’ Effectiveness of State Tertiary Institutions in North Central Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined data management issues and lecturers’ effectiveness of State Tertiary institutions in North Central Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 3070 respondents, comprising of the head of Department Level Adviser, Examination Officers, Admission Officers, Store Keepers in the 65 State Tertiary institutions in the North Central Nigeria. A sample of 1300 population using stratified random sampling technique, four research questions were raised and three hypotheses are formulated to guide the study. The instrument for data collection was a self designed instrument tagged Data Management Issues for lecturers’ Effectiveness Questionnaire (DMILEQ). The instrument was statements items and was validated by the experts in Test and Measurement and educational Management. Split-half reliability index of .79 after subjected to spearman ranking order statistics at .05 significance level. The result showed that the instrument is reliability for use. All the research questions were answered using descriptive statistics like mean scores and standard deviation at 2.5 decision level Pearson product moment correlation statistics was used to test all the hypotheses at .05 significance level. The findings revealed that data management, availability and utilization have positive significant influence on the record keeping teaching research, enrolment projection, graduation rate, students’ academic performance and lecturers’ effectiveness in State Tertiary Institutions in North Central Nigeria. It was however recommended that the lecturers should be exposed to the training on the data management issues like data availability storage and utilization methods through Workshops, Conference, in service training and method of managing available data towards enhancing lecturers’ effectiveness in State Tertiary Institutions in North central Nigeria.