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<p>Nigerian universities have been attributed to lack of funds, inadequate infrastructure, improper teaching aids (laboratories, projectors, libraries, and computers) and irregular or lack, thereof, of salary as evidenced in some states in Nigeria. It is of little wonder then that the work performance of academic staff will spiral down particularly in terms of their teaching and supervision, research and publication and their involvement in community development services. This study, therefore, assessed teaching and supervision load of lecturers in some selected universities in Nigeria. Data were obtained using semi-structured questionnaire from nine universities. Through proportional sampling technique, 25% of the academic staff in each university were selected giving a total of 969 as the sample size. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The results showed that teaching and supervision load of the academic staff was quite heavy; hence, concluding that the performance of academic staff in terms of their teaching and supervision in the selected universities is unsatisfactory.</p>
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Nigerian universities have been attributed to lack of funds, inadequate infrastructure, improper teaching aids (laboratories, projectors, libraries, and computers) and irregular or lack, thereof, of salary as evidenced in some states in Nigeria. It is of little wonder then that the work performance of academic staff will spiral down particularly in terms of their teaching and supervision, research and publication and their involvement in community development services. This study, therefore, assessed teaching and supervision load of lecturers in some selected universities in Nigeria. Data were obtained using semi-structured questionnaire from nine universities. Through proportional sampling technique, 25% of the academic staff in each university were selected giving a total of 969 as the sample size. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The results showed that teaching and supervision load of the academic staff was quite heavy; hence, concluding that the performance of academic staff in terms of their teaching and supervision in the selected universities is unsatisfactory.

Appraisal of Teaching and Supervision Load of Academic Staff in Selected Universities in Nigeria

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences

European Review Of Applied Sociology

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Nigerian universities have been attributed to lack of funds, inadequate infrastructure, improper teaching aids (laboratories, projectors, libraries, and...

Appraisal of Teaching and Supervision Load of Academic Staff in Selected Universities in Nigeria

Published Online: Nov 15, 2022

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eras-2022-0006

Keywords
Teaching, Supervision, Lecturers, Appraisal, Performance

© 2022 Segilola Yewande Oladejo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Appraisal of Teaching and Supervision Load of Academic Staff in Selected Universities in Nigeria

Published Online: Nov 15, 2022

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eras-2022-0006

KeywordsTeaching, Supervision, Lecturers, Appraisal, Performance

© 2022 Segilola Yewande Oladejo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Teaching, Supervision, Lecturers, Appraisal, Performance