Educational Administration in Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.v2i7.683Keywords:
Administration, Education, NigeriaAbstract
This paper looked at educational administration in Nigeria. Secondary data were adopted for the paper. The secondary data were collected from online and print publications. The paper identified
inadequate funding, shortage of professional teachers, inadequate infrastructure facilities, lack of current data, appointment of non-education professional, insecurity, poor participation of stakeholder, instability of Heads of Educational institutions, unstable policies, and corruption. The paper recommended the following: increment in budgetary allocation to education, employment of more professional teachers, provision of more infrastructure facilities, generation of current data for effective planning, appointment of professional educationists as heads of educational institutions, provision of more security in educational institutions, encouragement of education stakeholders in participation in education programme, ensure full tenure-ship of educational heads, educational policy stability and deployment of ICT to fight corruption in educational administration in Nigeria.
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