Addressing Challenges Facing Educational Institutions (Parastatals, Boards and Commissions) for Sustainable Educational Administration in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper discussed the challenges educational institutions (Parastatals, Boards and Commissions) in Nigeria are faced with. Primary and secondary data were used in the paper. The data were collected from published and unpublished papers, national dailies, articles and reference materials. The paper concluded that inadequate funding, ineffective capacity-building programmes, shortage of personnel, inadequate ICT facilities, insecurity, poor motivation, weak executive officers, shortage of current data, corruption and strike actions are challenges militating against the effectiveness of educational institutions (Parastatals, Boards and Commissions) in Nigeria. Based on these challenges, the paper advanced the following recommendations: adequate funding of the educational sector, effective capacity building programme, data collection, employment of more staffs, provision of adequate ICT facilities, adequate security, appointment of competent professional educationist as heads and deployment of effective monitoring and evaluation system to curb corruption in the ministries, commission, agencies and departments of education.