Exploring Challenges to Classroom Delivery in Nigerian Universities and Ways Forward
*1Mudassir Ibrahim Gatawa and 2Basiru Abdulhamid
*1Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto Email: mudasgatawa@gmail.com
2Department of Psychology, Yusuf Maitama Sule, Federal University of Education, Kano Email: basiruachamo95@gmail.com
Abstract
This paper focuses on exploring challenges to classroom delivery in Nigerian universities and ways forward. University education is an important form of investment in human capital which can be described as high level and specialized form of human capital, contribution of which is paramount to economic growth in the society. But the capacity to achieve this is thwarted by lingering challenges in the process of classroom delivery in Nigerian universities. The paper looked at the meaning of university education, classroom delivery, classroom activities, inadequate and deterioration of facilities, inadequate academic staff, inadequate ICT facilities, enrolment pressure, brain drain, insecurity, dwindling funding, and frequent labour dispute and closure of the campus. The paper concluded that such challenges make the effective classroom delivery difficult and thereby erode the high reputation and international respect accorded to Nigerian university in the 1960s, through to 1980s. It then suggested among others that, the UNESCO’s recommended amount to be set aside by every nation from budgetary allocation should be adhered to in order to revitalize the university system in Nigeria.
Keywords
Exploring, challenges, classroom delivery, university education, way forward
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