LECTURER’S JOB COMMITMENT AND QUALITY GOAL ACHIEVEMENT IN STATE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH CENTRAL GEOPOLITICAL ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

As part of the quality assurance process in educational institutions, the indispensability of lecturer’s job commitment to the realisation of institutional goals cannot be underestimated. Hence, this study examined lecturer’s job commitment and quality goal achievement in State Colleges of Education in North Central Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design of correlation type. Random sampling technique was used to select three (Kogi, Kwara & Niger) out the six States in the geopolitical zone while purposive sampling technique was used to select six out of the 10 State Colleges of Education in the selected States. Proportional sampling technique was used to select 289 out of the 1,144 lecturers in the selected Colleges of Education; 299 principals and 363 head teachers of public basic schools out of the 1,331 and 6589 respectively in the selected States. “Lecturer’s Job Commitment Questionnaire” (LJCQ) and “Goal Achievement Questionnaire” (GAQ) were used to collect data. Pearson product-moment correlation statistics was used to test the hypotheses generated. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between lecturer’s job commitment and goal achievement in the State Colleges of Education in North Central Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria with (r=.519, p < .05). Based on the findings and the conclusion of the study, it was recommended that state governments who are the proprietors of the Colleges should continually motivate lecturers to make them exhibit high level of job commitment which would facilitate effective actualisation of the institutions’ goals.