Lecturers’ Job Commitment and Quality Goal Achievement in State Colleges of Education in North Central Geopolitical Zone, Nigeria

This study examined lecturers’ job commitment and quality goal achievement in State Colleges of Education in North Central Geopolitical Zone, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design of correlation type. Random sampling technique was used to select three states (Kogi, Kwara & Niger) out the six in the geopolitical zone, while all six State Colleges of Education in the sampled States were purposively selected. Proportional sampling technique was used to select 289 lecturers out of the 1,144 in the selected Colleges of Education; 299 principals and 363 head teachers of public basic schools out of the 1,331 and 6589 respectively in the selected States. “Lecturers’ Job Commitment Questionnaire” (LJCQ) and “Goal Achievement Questionnaire” (GAQ) were used to collect data. Pearson product-moment correlation statistics was used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between lecturers’ job commitment and goal achievement in the State Colleges of Education in North Central Geopolitical Zone, Nigeria (r=.519, p < .05). Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that state governments should continually motivate lecturers to make them exhibit high level of job commitment which would facilitate effective actualisation of the institutions’ goals