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Article Title: Enhancing Quality Assurance through Lecturers' job Performance in Private and Public Tertiary Institutions in South Eastern Nigeria
by Mbon, U. F.; Etor, C. R., and Osim, R. O.

Abstract:
The study examined Enhancing Quality Assurance through Lecturers' Job Performance in Private and Public Tertiary Institutions in South Eastern Nigeria. Universities in south Eastern Nigeria are experiencing serious decline in academic performance. Recent statistics reveal that poor quality output is increasing despite successive government and non-governmental organizations funding efforts. This paper intends to address this quality performance aspect of tertiary institutions in the areas under study. The population of the study was lecturers of both public and private tertiary institutions. The total sample used for the study was 600 lecturers randomly selected from the targeted population. To analyze the investigation, two null hypotheses were formulated. In pursuit of the objectives of the study a survey research design was adopted. The questionnaire schedule was used. Responses were collated, coded and analyzed using population t-test at an alpha level of 0.05. The questionnaire was validated by two experts in test and measurement courses in the department of Maths/Statistics. The reliability coefficient was found to be 0.93 indicating that the instrument was measurable. The result showed that Lecturers in Private Institutions felt more comfortable than their counterparts in the Public Tertiary Institutions with regard to financial reward which propel their job performance and contribute to quality assurance. By so doing, the significance of the study is that it will offer a useful spring board or literature to researchers, scholars, readers who might be interested in working in similar topic but on a different setting or environment and institutions. The paper concludes that since Private Institutions are well funded and managed, lecturers tend to perform better on the job resulting in high productivity than Public Schools. Based on the conclusion, the paper recommends that more fund should be provided for public schools so as to motivate them to them to improve on their contribution to quality assurance.

Keywords: aquality assurance, lecturers' job performance, private and public, tertiary institution, and south eastern Nigeria

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