Economic Hardship, Academic Staff Job Performance and Students Academic Performance in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Onuh Alfa Matthew; Adehi Ameh Pius; Musa Sandra

doi:10.5281/

Authors

Onuh Alfa Matthew Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education University of Abuja Author
Adehi Ameh Pius Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education University of Abuja Author
Musa Sandra Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education University of Abuja Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/

Keywords:

Economic hardship, Academic staff job performance, Students academic performance

Abstract

This paper examined the impact of economic hardship on academic staff job performance and students’ academic work performance in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Secondary data were used in the study. The secondary data were collected from online and print publications. The paper concluded that economic hardship in Nigeria has affected academic staff job performance and students’ academic performance in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Based on this findings, the paper recommends that government should increase the salaries of academic staff, provide subsidized transportation system to aid movement of lecturers from homes to campuses. Government should increase the funding of students loan programme to cover more students, government should provide social safety net for students and subsidized bicycles for students to aid their movement to campuses.

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