International Journal of Educational Best Practices
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025)

LECTURERS SALARY AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES

Ajadi, Olugbenga Timothy (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Oct 2025

Abstract

Student engagement has become a recurring issue in universities across the globe.  This may be due to due to the geometric increase in student enrolment in the universities and the desire of the universities to meet their demands on campus.  As a result, this study investigated the level of student engagement and the influence of salary on student engagement in public universities in southwestern Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all lecturers in the seven federal government owned universities in southwest states of Nigeria with a sample size of 1,250 calculated and derived using Research Advisor’s Table at 95% degree of confidence with 5% error margin. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from respondents.  The study found that, the level of students’ engagement is low and teachers’ salary has significant influence on student engagement in public universities in southwestern Nigeria.  The study recommended that students should be more engaged by lecturers, and that government should increase salary of lecturers in Nigerian Universities.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJEBP

Publisher

Subject

Education Social Sciences Other

Description

International Journal of Educational Best Practices (IJEBP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal of studies in educational issues, both theories and practices, published biannually by the School of Postgraduate Studies of Universitas Riau, Indonesia, every April and October. The journal prioritizes ...