JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Vol 7, No 1 (2026): JEE, APRIL 2026

LECTURERS SALARY AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES

Ajadi, Timothy Olugbenga (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2026

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.  It was 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

jee

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education

Description

Journal of Economics Education and Entrepreneurship (JEE) is a journal that was started publishing in 2020 in the Economics Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat. JEE is a collection of research articles and studies of lecturers, ...