Manpower Development and Administration of Higher Institution for Sustainable Development: Experience From Ondo State, Nigeria

This study investigated manpower development and administration of higher institution for sustainable development: Experience from Ondo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design of quantitative type was employed. The population comprised of all the 462 academic and 400 non-academic staff of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State. The sample comprised 384 academic and non-academic staff of the college. A self-structured and validated instrument titled “Manpower Development and Administration of Higher Institution Questionnaire” with a reliability coefficient index of 0.81 was administered to collect data for the study. Data collected were analysed using simple percentages and mean. The results showed that attending of conferences, workshops, seminars, and fellowship programmes were the approaches employed for manpower development for sustainable development in Ondo State; the level of administration of the College for sustainable development was moderate; in addition, the challenges associated with manpower development and administration of the College for sustainable development included inadequate funding, poor infrastructural facilities, and inadequate skilled manpower; and the critical solutions for manpower development and administration of the College for sustainable development are through the provision of adequate funding to higher institution, purchase and maintain infrastructural facilities, and increase the number of skilled manpower; and manpower development moderately enhanced administration of the College for sustainable development. Therefore, it was recommended that government should intensify efforts on manpower development to maintain the improvement of the College administration for sustainable development.