Challenges of Inadequate Funding in the Administration of University Education in Nigeria.

Lucky Uko A.

Department of Public Administration Kampala International University Uganda

ABSTRACT

Inadequate funding is a major challenge facing the administration of universities in Nigeria. The university system requires a lot of funds for effective administration to be realized. The annual budgetary allocation for the administration of universities in Nigeria is grossly inadequate. The inability of the federal government to stick to the UNESCO 26% of national budget for education is affecting the management of Nigerian universities. For over a decade now, the annual budget for the entire educational sector in Nigeria is below 15% and this is affecting the effective administration of the different levels of education in the country, including the university system. The poor funding of education is responsible for the poor quality of the universities’ education in Nigeria. The annual budget for the administration of universities in the country is not adequate to provide the needed infrastructural facilities and human resources that the various universities required to function properly. This study therefore discussed the benefits of funding tertiary education in Nigeria. The provision of adequate funds in the university system will lead to the expansion of the universities and the establishment of more universities in the country. Moreover, adequate funding of tertiary institutions will help to fix the infrastructural facilities gap in the various institutions, attract international lecturers, prevent strike actions, enhance research development, improve international ranking, among more others.

Keywords: Inadequate Funding, Challenge, Administration, University education, Benefits

CITE AS: Lucky Uko A. (2024). Challenges of Inadequate Funding in the Administration of University Education in Nigeria. RESEARCH INVENTION JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 3(1):32-40.