STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAPACITY BUILDING AND LECTURERS’ EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH-CENTRAL, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined structural equation modeling to investigate the relationship between capacity building 
and lecturers‘ effectiveness in Public Universities in North-Central, Nigeria. A quantitative research design 
was used in the study. A total of 379 participants out of 30000 target population as a research sample 
through purposive and proportionate sampling technique. Data analysis using structural equation Modeling 
was performed to determine the relationship between capacity building and lecturers‘ effectiveness. The 
finding of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between workshop and lecturers‘ 
effectiveness where (r = 0.763; p < .000. The finding also showed that significant relationship existed
between seminar and lecturers‘ effectiveness where r = 0.941, p < .000. The finding further revealed that 
conference had significant relationship with lecturers‘ effectiveness where r = 0.761, p < .000. The 
implication of these findings was that lecturers‘ effectiveness cannot be determined with a single factor alone 
but may be determined by the extent to which a combination of capacity building dimensions. Based on the 
findings of this study, it was recommended, among others, that university management should assist and 
provide capacity building for effective teaching and learning.