Available online Aug 4, 2025.

[ Original ] Volume 24, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 187-194

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Abstract

 

The study aimed to examine educational funding systems and quality service delivery in the University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the aim of this study, two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A total sample of 116 Heads of Department in the University of Calabar, Calabar, in Cross River State was selected for the study. The selection was done through the census sampling technique. The instrument used for the data collection was a questionnaire titled: Educational Funding Systems and Quality Service Delivery Questionnaire (EFSQSDQ) was developed by the researchers and was validated by experts in administration in higher education and measurement and evaluation. Data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using simple linear regression analysis (r) of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25. The result revealed that quality service delivery in universities is related to educational funding systems. It was recommended that management of the universities should make adequate provision for effective funding of the university in order to encourage quality service delivery in the university.

 

Keywords

Educational funding systems, quality service delivery in universities, Nigeria.,

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