(241) MANAGING TERTIARY EDUCATION FOR AFRICAN NATIONS TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE

摘要

Tertiary Education is generally designed to contribute maximally towards attainment of nationaltransformation and sustainable development through high level relevant manpower training andproduction. It is also expected that this level of education should be able to transform citizens andnation at large by developing into its products the intellectual capacity of understanding andappreciating their local and external environments. These have not been the case of tertiary educationin African nations due to inability of tertiary education to experience adequate management system.This paper examined managing tertiary education for national transformation in Africa. The studyadopted a descriptive survey design to elicit responses from respondents. A total of 400 respondents(200 academic staff and 200 students) from 20 sampled tertiary institutions in Nigeria throughproportionate stratified sampling were used for the study. A well-structured 4-point rating scale with 20item questionnaire was developed by the researcher and used for data collection. The reliabilitycoefficient values of 0.80, 0.88, and 0.81 using Cronbach Alpha Technique. Mean, and Grand meanwere used to answer the three research questions while ANOVA was used to test the null hypothesisat 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that challenges to adequate management wereidentified and way forward were also revealed. Recommendations are made based on the findings.