THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE ACADEMIC STAFF PERFORMANCE OF BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI

The study assessed the impact of training and development on the academic staff performance of Benue State University, Makurdi. Training and retraining have been seen as a way to improve employees’ performance. The study is anchored on Kirkpatrick Learning and evaluation theory was used as a theoretical framework for this study. The study employed both primary (questionnaires, oral interview and observation) and secondary (journals, conference papers, articles, internet, official document of BSU) sources of data collection. The found out that there is significant positive relationship between training and development and acquisition of additional certificate at BSU Makurdi. There is significant positive relationship between training and teaching at BSU Makurdi. The study concludes that there is significant positive relationship between training and development and acquisition of additional certificate at BSU Makurdi. The study recommended among others that more of the academic staff should be sponsored on various internal and external training since it has revealed from the findings of this work that those who have been granted the training opportunity have done well on their job after training etc.