Supervision of Higher Institutions in Nigeria: Challenges and Way Forward

Abstract

For effective supervision of higher institutions in Nigeria, the federal government of Nigeria established some commissions such National Universities Commission [NUC], National Commission for Colleges of Education [NCCE] and the National Board for Technical Education [NBTE] to supervise higher institutions with the aim of ensuring quality in higher  education in Nigeria. With the recent decline  in the quality of higher education in Nigeria every stakeholder in higher education believed that there is problem of ineffective supervision on the part of the various commissions mandated to supervise the various higher institutions in Nigeria. This paper examined the challenges militating against effective supervision of higher institutions in Nigeria. Primary data and secondary data were used in the paper. The data were sourced from print and online literatures. Content analysis method was employed to select the relevant literatures. Inadequate funding, shortage of personnel, inadequate transportation facilities, insecurity, opposition from labour unions, limited offices, strike actions, inadequate supervision materials and corruption were concluded as the challenges militating against effective supervision of higher institutions in Nigeria.