AN APPRAISAL OF SENIOR STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN THE NORTH EAST –NIGERIA, 2009 – 2014

This study is an Appraisal of Senior Staff Training and Development Schemes in Federal Colleges of Education in North East, Nigeria (2009 – 2014). The basic aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of the staff training and development programs of the Federal Colleges of Education in North East, Nigeria with a view to identifying the problems militating against the effective implementation of senior staff training and development programs and whether the Colleges have been able to achieve their manpower needs. The research also intended to find out reasons for the Colleges’ inability to retain staff after they had undergone training and development. The study was predicated on the following objectives: Analyse the effectiveness of staff training and development Schemes of the Federal Colleges of Education in the North East, Nigeria; Identify the problems militating against the effective implementation of the Senior staff training and development Schemes of the Colleges, Find out the reasons for the Colleges’ inability to retain staff after they have undergone training and development. The study also reviewed relevant literature in order to focus on the gap in the literature.