10th U6+ Consortium of African Universities International Conference

In this era of great increase in knowledge, competencies, skills, in all facets of life, educational advancement becomes necessary to avoid stagnation and obsolesce in one’s area of specialization. Educational advancement may be pursuing higher degrees like Masters, Ph.D and to another it may be professional development- career progression and promotion with global research impact to stay relevant on the job. Educational advancement helps one to become an authority, mentor and stay current with industry trends in this digital age. Human capital development is the process of gaining more knowledge, skills, professional capabilities, competencies, international collaboration for sustainable transformation in educational sector. The major challenges of Human capital development are funding constraints, poor learning environment, and outdated infrastructure; act as problems to effective human capital development in Nigeria. This study is to investigate the relationship between educational advancement and human capital development among University lecturers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Literatures will be reviewed; sample will be drawn from the population of the University Lecturers. To give direction to the study, two research questions and two hypotheses will be formulated to guide the study. The study will use descriptive research design. The researcher will construct research tool for data collection titled: Educational Advancement and Human Capital Development Questionnaire (EAHCDQ). The reliability of the instruments will be established through a trial test using Cronbach coefficient ranging from 0.65 to 0.91. This will confirm whether the instrument will be reliable in achieving the objectives of the study. Data will be collected, analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. Results of the findings and conclusion will be presented. Recommendations will be made based on the finding of the study.