Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study investigated human capacity building and academic staff effectiveness in Osun State Colleges of education, Nigeria. The research adopted a descriptive survey of correlation type. Stratified random sampling technique was used to 250 out of 370 academic staff of Osun State College of Education, Ila and academic staff of Osun State college of education, Ilesha. Two hundred and fifty respondents were used as sample. A research questionnaire entitled: “Human Capacity Building Questionnaire” (HCBQ) and Academic Staff Effectiveness Proforma (ASEP) were used to obtain data on students’ final year results from between 2008-2013 academic sessions. The instruments were validated by three experts in the Department of Educational Management. One main hypothesis and four operational hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Inferential statistic of Pearson product moment correlation statistic was used to test the main hypothesis and operational research hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings showed that there was significant relationship between human capacity building and academic staff effectiveness in Osun state colleges of education, Nigeria. The findings also revealed that, there was significant relationship between in-service training and academic staff effectiveness in Osun state colleges of education. A significant relationship existed between workshop and academic staff effectiveness in Osun state colleges of education. There was significant relationship between seminar and academic staff effectiveness in Osun state colleges of education. There was significant relationship between supervision and academic staff effectiveness in Osun state colleges of education. Based on the findings, it was recommended that, training and re-training of academic staff should be made compulsory for all lecturers. Through this, academic staff effectiveness will be enhanced through dissemination of innovative practical skills, quality of teaching and learning will be improved and lecturers’ knowledge of subject matter will also improve. Human capacity building should be initiated with long-term goals in mind and it will streamline implementation and maximize initial impacts to engage with instructional staff whose teaching will be impacted by comprehensive innovations that involve changing structures and policies.