TOPIC
Managing Educational Policy in Nigerian Higher Education: Implications for Effective Practices

AUTHOR

Chinelo P. Aka and Ngozi S. Onoyima

ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to determine the strategies for managing educational policy in Nigerian Higher Education: Implications for effective practices. This adopted a descriptive survey research design and conducted in Enugu State. The population for the study constitutes 201 lectures of selected tertiary institutions in Enugu State (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State University of Science and Technology and Godfrey Okoye University) with the purposive sample sizes of 97, 76 and 28 respondents respectively. Two research questions guided the study in line with two null hypotheses. Data pertinent to the study were collected using a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher titled “Managing Educational Policy in Nigerian Higher Education Questionnaire (MEPNHEQ)”. The questionnaire was validated by three research experts and the reliability index of the 0.77 was established using Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while hypotheses were tested using t-test at .05 level of significance and appropriate degree of freedom. The findings of the study revealed among others that insufficient fund has implications on managing education policy in Higher Education as it affects standard of classroom available, provision of health care services, extra-curricular activities like quizzes, equipment of laboratories, provision of teaching aids, equipment of library, the provision of electricity, funding of sports facilities, among others. It was thereafter recommended among others that adequate fund should be provided by the government for managing educational policy in Nigerian Higher Education and, teaching-learning resources should be provided by the government and other concerned individuals to ensure easy policy implementation process in Nigerian Higher Education.

Keywords: Managing Educational Policy; Nigerian Higher Education; Effective Practices.

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PUBLISHED

2023-01-11

HOW TO CITE

Chinelo P. Aka and Ngozi S. Onoyima (2023).Managing Educational Policy in Nigerian Higher Education: Implications for Effective Practices. IAA Journal of Management 10(1):68-76.