INSTITUTIONALIZING ETHICS IN NIGERIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: Beyond Compliance to Regulatory Norms and. Quality Assurance Mechanisms

Ani, Ikechukwu (2019) INSTITUTIONALIZING ETHICS IN NIGERIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: Beyond Compliance to Regulatory Norms and. Quality Assurance Mechanisms. In: THE RELEVANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF HUMAN AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. JOMAP PRESS No. 21 Edindurgh, Ogui New Layout Enugu Nigeria, pp. 95-114. ISBN 978-978-978-583-4

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Abstract

There is today a growing awareness of the need to systematically address the issue of Ethics in higher education institutions in Nigeria. The alarming level of decadence in the institutions makes this urgently necessary. We dare to contend that formal education in Nigeria is in a state of emergency. It was a concerned Nigerian who once observed that "Nigerian universities have degenerated into institutions where lots of evil are generated and nurtured". Although we may not fully agree with this more or less negative assessment, yet it is indeed regrettable that in the Nigerian Education Sector fundamental values and virtues are constantly violated; there are several shades of cheating, plagiarism, unethical research, nepotism in staff recruitment often devoid of competency considerations, self-centred neglect of staff and student welfare, multidimensional corrupt practices, sexual harassment, abysmal neglect of duties for which one regularly receives salaries, etc. Universities in Nigeria are evidently characterized by lack of ethical behaviors and operational practices which give the young people the wrong signal that this is how the world functions and that only with unethical behaviors could one achieve professional success

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2019 10:32
Last Modified: 17 Jan 2020 10:25
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2477

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