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How Careers Advice and Guidance Can Facilitate Career Development in Technical, Vocational Education, and Training Graduates: The Case in Nigeria
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Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso; Nwajiuba, Chinyere A.; Binuomote, Michael Olayinka; Osuji, Catherine U.; Onajite, Godwin Onnon; Igwe, Paul Agu – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2020
This study examined the current state of careers advice, guidance, and counselling (CAGC) services and programmes in the technical, vocational education, and training (TVET) system of Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs). This was to determine how well current CAGC services and programmes foster students' career development, aspirations,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Vocational Education, Higher Education
Revitalising the Nigerian University System: The Imperatives of a Market Driven Funding Mechanism
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Chiemeka, Nnorom; Nwagwu, Nwakaire Onuzuruike – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The needs assessment report of Nigerian public universities (2012) exposed a disturbing level of decay in public universities in Nigeria. The report, among other things advocated better financial management as a panacea for revitalising the university system. This paper compared the direct funding allocation mechanism (which is the major way of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, Financial Support
Engineering Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in University Education Service Delivery in Africa
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Odeleye, Donald A. – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2012
University education remains a major player in the socio-economic revamping of Africa even though most African national governments have not leveraged the high output of the private sector for educational development. For the most part to date, private universities are running as parallels to their public counterparts. With fewer infrastructures,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
Application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in the Management of Universities in the North-Central State of Nigeria
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Oboegbulem, Angie Ijeoma; Godwin, Ochai – Online Submission, 2013
This study investigated the application of ICT (information and communication technology) in the management of universities in the north-central Nigeria. The study was a descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised 1,294 respondents in federal and state universities (763 in federal and 531 in state universities). The sample size…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
The Production of Quality Teachers to Boost the Efficiency of Nigeria's Education System
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Ayodele, J. B.; Akindutire, I. O. – Research in Education, 2009
All nations are desirous of quality education to engineer and consolidate their developmental process. Since teachers implement education policy and programmes, they exert great influence on the quality of the educational output. Teacher training institutions and programmes designed for the education of teachers have been on the increase since…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Schools of Education, Teaching (Occupation), Universities
NUC Statistical Digest, 1980/81-1985/86.
National Universities Commission, Lagos (Nigeria). – 1989
The digest presents statistics on universities in Nigeria, by year, from 1980/81 to 1985/86. The data provide information on: (1) new students and total enrollment by university department, sex, institution, state of origin, and level of course; (2) academic staff by institution, university department, sex, and nationality; and (3) total degrees,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Degrees (Academic), Developing Nations
25 Years of Centralised University Education in Nigeria.
National Universities Commission, Lagos (Nigeria). – 1988
The history of university education in Nigeria is examined, beginning with the implementation of the Lord Eric Ashby Commission's report in 1962, which started the march towards general access to university education. Following an introduction by Idris Abdulkadir, the following papers are presented: "The Nigerian University as a Trustee of…
Descriptors: College Administration, Developing Nations, Educational History, Financial Problems