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Umar A. Abboh; Abdul H. A. Majid; Mohammad Fareed; Iyanda Ismail Abdussalaam – Management in Education, 2024
Poor performance of lecturers in Nigerian Polytechnics warrants independent research on lecturers' job performance, given that the poor performance has seriously affected educational development in the country. Substantial evidence from the extant literature has highlighted that high-performance work practices are significant predictors and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Lecture Method
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; De Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 17th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2019 in Pomorie, Bulgaria. The 17th BCES Conference theme is "Glocal Education in Practice: Teaching, Researching, and Citizenship." Some selected papers submitted to the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, International Education
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Ogbogu, Christiana O. – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
This paper examined the modes of funding Nigerian universities with a view to assessing their adequacy and effectiveness. The implications of the mechanisms of funding on university performance were investigated. The history of university funding in Nigeria was explored in order to determine the causes of shift in financing the system since 1948…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Income, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
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Onwunli, Agatha U.; Agho, Augustine O. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2004
The purpose of this paper is to (1) describe the characteristics and governance structure of higher education at the Federal Universities in Nigeria, and (2) examine (a) how academic decisions are made, (b) the level of academic staff participation in university governance, and (c) the extent to which academic staff is consulted on key personnel…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Power Structure, Foreign Countries
Oghuvbu, Enamiroro Patrick – Online Submission, 2007
This paper identified poor condition of services, irregular promotion and payment of salaries, poor professional training, societal negative influence, inadequate facilities and instructional supervision as causes of indiscipline among teachers in Nigeria. It also identified increase in examination malpractices and dropout rate, fall in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Supervision, School Administration
Fagbamiye, E. O. – 1981
The extent to which the academic staff in the five oldest Nigerian universities expressed job satisfaction and motivation, in view of the seeming powerlessness of their Governing Councils, was studied. These universities are the University of Nigeria, Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello, Nsukka, and Ife and Lagos. A total of 157 teachers returned usable…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Environment, College Faculty, Educational Facilities
Eiseman, Thomas Owen – 1980
This paper examines how the careers and research activities of university scientists in India, Nigeria, and Kenya are influenced by factors related to practicing science in developing nations. Data are derived from interviews with engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and zoologists in Indian, Kenyan, and Nigerian universities. Estimates are that…
Descriptors: African Culture, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Assessment