Assessing the Impacts of Capacity Building on Lecturers’ Job Performance in Private Colleges of Education, Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study utilised descriptive research design of survey type. One hundred and eighty-three full-time lecturers in all the nine private Colleges of Education in 2023/2024 academic session constituted the population of the study. All the nine institutions and 183 lecturers therein were purposively used for the study. Data collection was carried out through the use of Impacts of Capacity Building on Lecturers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (ICBLJPQ). Validation of the instrument was done and its reliability was also ensured. Through the use of Cronbach’s Alpha, reliability coefficient of 0.82 was realised. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research question, t-test was used to test hypothesis one, while Analysis of Variance was utilised to test hypothesis two. The findings of the study revealed, among other things, that capacity building gives lecturers’ opportunity to expand the frontiers of knowledge in their respective areas of specialisation, helps in building up the skills of lecturers in the conduct of research and assists in exposing lecturers to ways of performing their community service effectively. The study concluded that capacity building plays significant roles in enhancing lecturers’ job performance in private Colleges of Education, Kwara State, Nigeria. It was recommended that the managements of the private Colleges of Education, Kwara State should be more committed to organising various capacity building programmes such as workshops, seminars, workshops, and lectures for lecturers, for the purpose of enhancing their job performance.