Challenges Facing Teaching and Learning of Gender Education in Nigerian Universities
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Project Monma Research Centre
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2021
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Ahmed, Idris
Jacob, Ogunode Niyi
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The article discussed the problems facing the teaching and learning of Gender education in the Nigerian universities. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publications by recognized institutions and individual author. There are many problems facing the teaching and learning of Gender studies in Nigerian universities. Some of the problems include: inadequate funding of Gender education programme, inadequate lecturers, inadequate infrastructural facilities, brain-drain, institutional corruption, inadequate studies materials, poor research, poor capacity development of lecturers and few universities offers Gender education programmes. To solve these challenges, this article recommends: that the government should increase the funding of Gender studies programme in the universities, employ more lecturers that specialized in Gender education, provide adequate infrastructural facilities, provide adequate instructional materials on Gender education, ensure effective staff development programme and effective motivation policy to prevent brain-drain.
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Universities, Programme, Problems, Gender Education
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