Yaro, Ibrahim and Arshad, Rozita and Salleh, Dani (2014) The constraints of education stakeholder's engagement in policy decision making in Nigeria. In: UUM International Conference on Governance 2014 (ICG), 29th - 30th November 2014, Flamingo Hotel By The Beach, Pulau Pinang.

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Abstract

The relevance of education to the existence and survival of nations cannot be over stressed as no nation can progress without its citizens being educated.However, to reap the benefits of education, stakeholders should be engaged in all education related matters, policy decisions inclusive. Education stakeholders comprise of all those interested in the welfare, success and progress of a school and its students including educators, parents, community members, elected officials, state representatives and non governmental organizations etc.Engaging the stakeholders is indeed a great mechanism for the realization of the objectives of education as well achieving its quality, despite this there are some constraints to their engagement in the Nigerian context. In the first instance, even though the National Policy of Education provides and guarantees stakeholder’s participation with a view to eliminating overlaps achieve and sustain synergy, the government did almost everything itself without fully incorporating those with a stake. Added to this is the issue of unnecessary politicization of the education policies by governments through frequent revising of the policies as well as communication gap pertaining education issues between government, stakeholders and the masses. In situations where they are involved, for example the educators and parents through what in Nigeria is called Parent Teacher Association, the constraints encountered include delay in decision making, increase expenses and lack of consensus.This research uses literature and document review to identify the extent of stakeholder’s engagement in policy decision making as well as the constraints of accomplishing the goal of their engagement.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN NO: 978-983-2078-95-1 Organizers: Institute for Governance and Innovation Studies (IGIS), College of Law, Government and International Studies (UUM COLGIS) and University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Education Policy, Stakeholders’ Engagement, Decision Making, Nigeria.
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Divisions:	College of Law, Government and International Studies
Depositing User:	Dr. Rozita Arshad
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2015 08:04
Last Modified:	21 Jan 2015 08:04
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13137

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