Funding Strategies for Quality University Education in Nigeria: The Principle of Fiscal Justice

dc.creator	Akinyemi Samuel
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:18:00Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:18:00Z
dc.identifier	10.5296/jse.v1i1.1031
dc.identifier	2162-6952
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c18593d2375d4f1981fa16abde92b5e3
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19254
dc.description	<p>The problem of funding and financing of our universities in Nigeria has become a reoccurring decimal, often times resulting into strikes and closures of the ivory towers. The fact that these problems are yet to be tackled by the government emphasizes the need for universities to evolve strategies for generating additional funds. The Federal Government directed through the National Universities Commission (N.U.C.) that all Federal Universities should generate 10 percent of their total yearly funds internally through various revenue diversification means. In view of the above, this paper examines the funding pattern in relation to qualitative university education in Nigeria, using alternative strategies in generating additional funds. The paper<em> recognizes funding as an external factor in achieving quality university education. Since the pursuit of Quality University education bothers on all stakeholders – the government, parents, individuals, firms and corporate bodies (who are the employers of labour). Based on this, the paper recommended some funding strategies with emphasis on the “Fiscal Justice’ principle of fairness” as a tuition fee strategy. Also private sector participation, partial deregulation and the macroeconomic strategies are other strategies recommended in the paper.<br /><br /></em></p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Macrothink Institute
dc.relation	http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jse/article/view/1031
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2162-6952
dc.source	Journal of Studies in Education, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Funding Strategies for Quality University Education in Nigeria: The Principle of Fiscal Justice
dc.type	article