Comparative Relationships Between Monitoring and Evaluation of TEFund Projects on Quality Assurance and Institutional Development among Federal Universities in North-West, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.2026660Keywords:
TETFund interventions; monitoring and evaluation; quality assurance; institutional developmentAbstract
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions are one of the largest public sector investments in Nigeria's tertiary education sector. This study examined the relationship between monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of TETFund projects and quality assurance and institutional development in federal universities in North-West Nigeria. The study used a correlational descriptive survey design. The study obtained 240 respondents from four purposively selected federal universities using stratified random sampling; respondents included administrative officers, directors of academic planning, physical planning engineers, and academic heads of departments. The researcher developed a Monitoring and Evaluation, Quality Assurance, and Institutional Development Survey (MEQAIDS), rated on a four-point scale, and analysed 224 usable responses (93.3%). The study answered the research questions using means and standard deviations, while testing the null hypotheses at the .05 level of significance using Pearson product-moment correlation. The overall rating for M&E was moderately good (M = 2.80), with joint monitoring prior to fund release having the highest rating and digital project tracking and post-occupancy evaluation having the lowest ratings. M&E was also positively and significantly correlated with quality assurance (r = .682, p < .001) and institutional development (r = .714, p < .001), accounting for 47% and 51% of the variance in the two, respectively. The study recommends a digital system for tracking milestones, conducting post-occupancy evaluation after project commissioning, providing structured corrective feedback after site assessments, and verifying construction materials after project commissioning.
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