EFFECT OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON THE GROWTH PUBLIC TERTIARY EDUCATION OF KADUNA STATE

Abstract

Nigeria has huge potential for socio-economic development by investing in its knowledge management. Knowledge management stands amongst the most valuable and critical assets of any country, and it is globally recognized as a key driver for innovation and sustainable development. This is based on the premise that improving the skills, health, knowledge and resilience of a people, results in increased productivity and innovation. However, this study investigated the effect of knowledge management on the growth of public tertiary education in Kaduna state. The population of this study was made up of the all the public Tertiary Institutions in Kaduna State (Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna state University, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, Kaduna Poly-technic, National College of education Zaria and Kaduna state college of education Gidan Waya). Twenty-five questionnaires were administered to each public institution.150 questionnaires administered and 112 were retrieved and 112 were retrieved from the respondents which was used as the sample size. The study used survey research design and multiple regression analysis was also employed to test the Null hypotheses by the use of SMART PLS. the finding reveals that there is a strong and statistically significant positive effect of knowledge management on tertiary education growth. Based on the above conclusion, we recommend that policymakers and education authorities should consider increasing investments in human capital development programs.