A Critical Review of Problems Facing Higher Education in North-East Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria
Keywords:
Funding, Higher education, North-East Zone Nigerian, reviewAbstract
Higher education is the education after secondary school education. One of its objectives is for human resources development and training. Higher institutions in Nigeria are spread across the entire geo-political zone. The North- East political zone is home to many higher institutions both private and public. The public higher institutions in the zone are faced with many problems. This paper examined the problems public higher institutions are facing in North- East political zone of Nigeria. Qualitative and quantitative data were used in the paper. The concluded that, inadequate funding, insecurity, shortage of academic staff, corruption, inadequate infrastructural facilities, Brain-drain and strike actions were some of the problems higher institutions in the North- East political zone were faced with. In order to address these problems, the paper recommended that both federal and state government should increase the funding of public higher institutions in the region, more academic staff should be recruited and more infrastructure facilities should be provided. Lecture should be motivated and agreement reached with trade unions should be implemented and anti-corruption agencies should be deployed to higher institutions in the zone with aims of fighting corruption in the institutions.
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4. Baba, I. & Abubakar, M. (2015). Decaying nature of facilities and the need for infrastructural development in North-east Nigeria. Universal Journal of Industrial and Business Management 3(2): 37-45. http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ujibm.2015.030201
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11. Ogunode, N.J., & Abubakar (2020). Higher education in Nigeria: challenges and the ways forward. Electronic Research Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 3.
12. Ogunode, N.J, Abubakar, L. Ajape, T.S. (2021). Evaluation of Causes of Inadequate Funds in Nigerian Public Universities. Middle eur. Sci. Bulletin, 9, 92.
13. Ogunode, N.J. & Adanna, C.M. (2022). Supervision of higher institutions in Nigeria: Challenges and way forward. Pioneer: Journal of Advanced Research and Scientific Progress (JARSP), 1(1), 26-37.
14. Ogunode, N.J., Adegboyega, G.J. & Olatunde-Aiyedun, T.G. (2022). Education Crisis in Nigeria and Way Forward. Kresna Social Science and Humanities Research, 5, 33-37. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tope-Olatunde-pdf
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16. Ogunode, N.J. & Aiyedun, T.G. (2020). Administration of science programme in Nigerian higher institutions: issues, challenges and way forward. Middle European Scientific Bulletin, 6, 94-99. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346653519_Administration_of_science_progra
17. Ogunode, N.J., Ajape. T. & Jegede, D. (2020) University Education Policies in Nigeria: Challenges Preventing the Implementation and the Ways Forward.JurnalSinestesia, 10(2), 66-85
18. Ogunode, N.J., Akin-Ibidiran T. Y. & Ibidiran J. A. (2022). Analysis of factors responsible for poor ranking of public universities in Nigeria and way forward. European Multidisciplinary Journal of Modern Science, (5), 1-15
19. Ogunode, N.J., Akinjobi, F.N. & Musa, A. (2022). Analysis of factors responsible for Nigerians' patronizing of foreign higher education. European Multidisciplinary Journal of Modern Science (6), 19-29
20. Ogunode, N.J., Akinjobi, F.N. & Olatunde-Aiyedun, T.G. (2022). Review of factors responsible for admission crisis in Nigerian higher education and way forward. Modern Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 5, 316–323. https://mjssh.academicjournal.io/index.php/mjssh/article/view/269
21. Ogunode, N.J. & Isaac, S.P. (2021). Administration economics programme in Nigerian universities: problem and suggestion. European Journal of Humanities and Educational Advancements (EJHEA), 2(2).
22. Ogunode, N.J. & Ishaya, S.A. (2021). Effects of brain-drain on higher institutions’ administration in Nigeria. Pindus Journal of Culture, Literature, and ELT, 8, 33-41
23. Ogunode, N.J., Jegede D, Adah, S., Audu, E.I. & Ajape, T.S. (2020). Administration of research programme in Nigerian public universities: problems and way forward. Riwayat: Educational Journal of History and Humanities, 3(2), 21-32
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26. Ogunode, N.J., Olugbenga, A.V. & Ezema, O. (2022). Analysis of factors responsible for poor patronage of public higher institutions in Nigeria by competent foreign academics. International Journal on Integrated Education, 5(6), 176-184
27. Ogunode, N.J., Somadina, O.I., Yahaya, D.M. & Olatunde-Aiyedun, T.G. (2021). Deployment of ICT facilities by Post-Basic Education and Career Development (PBECD) during Covid-19 in Nigeria: Challenges and way forward. International Journal of Discoveries and Innovations in Applied Sciences, 1(5), 19–25. Retrieved from http://openaccessjournals.eu/index.php/ijdias/article/view/280
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29. Ogunode, N.J., Ugochukwu, U.C. & Jegede D. (2022). Effects of strike actions on Nigerian higher education goals and programme. European Multidisciplinary Journal of Modern Science, (6), 1-9
30. Ogunode, N.J., Okwelogu, I.S., Elechukwu, J.E. & Yhaya (2021). Academic staff of tertiary institutions in Nigeria and the problem of insecurity. Middle European Scientific Bulletin, (17), 206-217
31. Ogunode, N.J., Okwelogu, I.S. & Olatunde-Aiyedun, T.G. (2021). Challenges and problems of deployment of ICT facilities by public higher institutions during Covid-19 in Nigeria. International Journal of Discoveries and Innovations in Applied Sciences, 1(4), 30–37. Retrieved from http://openaccessjournals.eu/index.php/ijdias/article/view/213
32. Olamoyegun, S.O., Olatunde-Aiyedun, T.G. & Ogunode, N.J. (2022). Funding of Science Programme in Public Secondary School in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. European Journal of Innovation in Nonformal Education (EJINE), 2(2), 1-7. http://innovatus.es/index.php/ejine/article/view/246
33. Olatunde-Aiyedun, T.G., Ogunode, N.J. & Ohiosumua, O.E. (2021). Covid-19 and Administration of Environmental Education Students in Nigerian Tertiary Institution. International Journal of Innovative Analyses and Emerging Technology, 1(4), 87–93. Retrieved from http://openaccessjournals.eu/index.php/ijiaet/article/view/218
34. Olowonefa. G. S., Ogunode, N. J. & Ohibime E. O. (2022) Public universities funding in Nigeria: challenges and way forward. European Journal of Life Safety and Stability (EJLSS). (13), 122-132
35. Ololube, N. P. (2016). Education Fund Misappropriation and Mismanagement and the Provision of Quality Higher Education in Nigeria. International Journal of Scientific Research in Education, 9(4), 333-349.
36. Okoli, N.J., Ogbondah, L. & Ewor, R.N. (2016). History and development of public universities in Nigeria since 1914, International Journal of Education and Evaluation, 6(2), 322-323.
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Jacob, O. N. ., Zhenseh, A. J. ., & Gloria, O.-A. T. . (2022). A Critical Review of Problems Facing Higher Education in North-East Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria. Central Asian Journal of Social Sciences and History, 3(7), 54–63. Retrieved from https://cajssh.casjournal.org/index.php/CAJSSH/article/view/398
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