Curriculum Financing in Basic School Education in Nigeria

This paper discussed the challenges facing curriculum financing in Basic Schools Education in Nigeria. Secondary data obtained from print and online publications were used for the paper. The paper concluded that poor implementation of national policy on education financing, poor access to counterpart funding, insecurity problems, corruption, subsidy payment, state and national debt servicing, poor private contributions and fall in national revenue are challenges hindering effective curriculum financing in the Basic school education in Nigeria. Based on these challenges, the paper hereby suggested the following; that federal , state and local governments should develop the political will to implement the national policy on funding education in Nigeria. The government should use its anti-corruption agencies to fight all forms of corruption in the administration and management of Basic Education. The government should stop the subsidy payment regime and reinvest the funds into critical sectors like health and education with special consideration to Basic education

Education Policy Instability in Nigeria and Implications for Educational Development in Nigeria

Changes in educational policies are one of the major attributes of the Nigerian educational system. This paper examined the causes of educational policy instability in Nigeria and its implications on educational development. The paper employed quantitative and qualitative data. The data were collected from both print and published papers from online publications. The paper concluded that the causes for educational policy instability in the Nigerian educational sector include; capital intensive, poor consultation, political instability, poor coordination and cooperation of policy formulation (lack of synergy between bodies that develop policies), the appointment of Non-professionals as heads of educational institutions, dynamics in educational system and practices and poor formulation of educational policies. The paper also identified wastage in educational resources, low space of development in education and increment of administrative and management expenditure as effects of educational policy instability in the Nigerian educational system. Based on these problems identified, the paper hereby recommended that the government should ensure adequate budgetary allocation to the educational sector for the implementation of educational policies and professionals should be employed in the formulation of educational policies to avoid poor formulation of education policies

Curriculum Supervision in Post-Basic Education and Career Development (PBECD) in Nigeria

This paper examined the challenges facing curriculum supervision in Post-Basic Education and Career Development (PBECD) in Nigeria. Secondary data were used to provide empirical support for the paper. Data were collected from both print materials and online publications. The paper identified poor funding, inadequate transportation facilities, shortage of curriculum Supervisor, insecurity, poor capacity building programme, inadequate supervision materials, poor communication and poor human relations as some of the challenges that have militated against effective curriculum supervision in the Nigerian Post-Basic Education and Career Development (PBECD). To address these challenges, the paper recommended adequate funding of curriculum supervision at the Nigerian Post-Basic Education and Career Development (PBECD)

Inadequacy of Infrastructural Facilities in Public Universities in Nigeria: Causes, Effects and Solutions

This paper examined the factors responsible for the inadequacies of infrastructural facilities, and their effects on the quality of education in public universities in Nigeria. The paper employed qualitative and qualitative data. The paper identified poor funding, corruption, project abandonment, poor maintenance culture, poor planning, poor participation of the private sector and poor internally generated revenue as militating factors. Poor quality of teaching and learning, poor ranking, strike actions, Brain-drain and poor research activities and impacts are also identified as effects of inadequate infrastructural facilities in public universities. Based on these problems identified, the following are recommended the government should improve the funding of public universities according to the 26% minimum percentage of the total budget of a country that was recommended by UNESCO for an effective educational system The government should adopt public-private partnerships in the provision of infrastructural facilities like the school hostels and recreation centres etc

Education Policy Instability in Nigeria and Implications for Educational Development in Nigeria

Changes in educational policies are one of the major attributes of the Nigerian educational system. This paper examined the causes of educational policy instability in Nigeria and its implications on educational development. The paper employed quantitative and qualitative data. The data were collected from both print and published papers from online publications. The paper concluded that the causes for educational policy instability in the Nigerian educational sector include; capital intensive, poor consultation, political instability, poor coordination and cooperation of policy formulation (lack of synergy between bodies that develop policies), the appointment of Non-professionals as heads of educational institutions, dynamics in educational system and practices and poor formulation of educational policies. The paper also identified wastage in educational resources, low space of development in education and increment of administrative and management expenditure as effects of educational policy instability in the Nigerian educational system. Based on these problems identified, the paper hereby recommended that the government should ensure adequate budgetary allocation to the educational sector for the implementation of educational policies and professionals should be employed in the formulation of educational policies to avoid poor formulation of education policies

Implementation of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: Impact and Way Forward

This paper titled “Implementation of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in Tertiary institutions in Nigeria: Impact and way forward” was carried out with the objectives of analyzing the impact of the implementation of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) on tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Secondary data were used in the paper. The secondary data were collected from print and online publications. The paper's theoretical framework was anchored on Marx & Engel's Class theory (1971). A content analytical approach was employed in the research methodology. The study concluded that the implementation of the IPPIS policy on federal tertiary institutions in Nigeria has led to the disengagement of contract staff in federal tertiary institutions; slow down recruitment in federal tertiary institutions; led to violation of the autonomy of the institutions and the IPPIS policy did not suit the management structure and peculiarities of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Based on these findings; the paper suggested that since the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) is not designed to suit the administration and management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria, therefore, the federal government should remove all tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)

Tertiary Education Management in Nigeria

This paper examined the problems faced by tertiary education management in Nigeria. The paper concluded that concluded that funding challenge, Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), indigenization of principal officer problem, brain-drain, inadequate infrastructure facilities, insecurity, lack of current data, weak manager, shortage of staff and strike actions are challenges faced by tertiary education management in Nigeria. Based on these challenges pointed out, the paper recommended the following; increment in budgetary allocation to tertiary institutions, increment in salaries of academic staff, appointment of competent managers to oversee tertiary institutions, provision of adequate infrastructure facilities, generation of current data, employment of more academic staff, provision of adequate security in all tertiary institutions, tertiary institutions should be isolated from Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) programme and autonomy should be granted to tertiary institutions  (universities) to prevent problems of indigenization of principal officer problem

Research Development in Public Universities in Nigeria: Problems and Solutions

This paper discussed barriers to research development in Nigerian public universities. Secondary data were used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print materials and online publications by recognized institutions and individual authors. The paper concluded that Poor funding, lack of modern laboratories, inadequate infrastructure facilities, strike actions, insecurity, brain drain, the poor linkages between researchers and the industrial sector, unattractive working conditions for researchers, strict guidelines for accessing grants and poor mentorship are some of the barriers to research development in public universities in Nigeria. To solve the identified problems, the paper among other things recommended adequate funding of public universities with a special interest in research development in all the public universities in Nigeria

Implementation of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: Impact and Way Forward

This paper titled “Implementation of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in Tertiary institutions in Nigeria: Impact and way forward” was carried out with the objectives of analyzing the impact of the implementation of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) on tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Secondary data were used in the paper. The secondary data were collected from print and online publications. The paper's theoretical framework was anchored on Marx & Engel's Class theory (1971). A content analytical approach was employed in the research methodology. The study concluded that the implementation of the IPPIS policy on federal tertiary institutions in Nigeria has led to the disengagement of contract staff in federal tertiary institutions; slow down recruitment in federal tertiary institutions; led to violation of the autonomy of the institutions and the IPPIS policy did not suit the management structure and peculiarities of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Based on these findings; the paper suggested that since the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) is not designed to suit the administration and management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria, therefore, the federal government should remove all tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)

School Administrators in Basic Education in Nigeria

This paper discussed the challenges Basic school administrators are facing in Nigeria. Secondary data were employed in the presentation. The data were collected from both print and online publications. The paper concluded that inadequate funds, Shortage of professional teachers, inadequate infrastructure facilities, insecurity problems, shortage of instructional materials, poor motivation and a high population of students are some of the challenges Basic school administrators are facing in Nigeria. To solve the challenges, the paper hereby recommended increment in the funding of Basic schools, employment of more teachers, provision of more infrastructure facilities, and instructional materials, motivation of school administrators and provision of adequate security in Basic schools