Nigerian Educational System: Problems and Way Forward
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Central Asian Studies
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The Nigerian educational system is plagued with many problems. This presentation discusses the various problems facing the educational system in Nigeria in view of solving them. The presentation depends on primary, secondary data sourced from print and online publication. Inadequate funding, inadequate professional teachers, inadequate infrastructural facilities, poor supervision, corruption, weak administrators, poor quality education, overcrowding, brain-drain and insecurity problem were identified as the problems facing the educational system in Nigeria. To solve these problems, the following were suggested: implementation of the UNESCO 26% of recommendation for education annual budget, employ more professional teachers, provision of adequate infrastructural facilities, effective supervision of education, fight and prevent corruption practices in the ministry of education, ensure the appointment of qualified educational administrators and managers as the heads of various educational institutions, ensure motivation for teachers, and the government should provide adequate security in all educational institutions. The safe school initiative should be implement across all the country.
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Administration, Education, Teachers, System, Problems