Infrastructual Maintenance in Nigerian Universities: a Necessity for Sustainable University Education
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Infrastructures refer to the essential physical structures and facilities within an organization. They serve as necessary structures that are needed for the smooth running of the organization and without them, the organization's goals and objectives cannot take place. The maintenance of infrastructural facilities ensure that the facilities are utilized efficiently and would allow for productivity. Thus, the maintenance of facilities in Nigerian universities would allow the university to achieve its goals and objectives which would ultimately lead to a sustainable university education. The infrastructural facilities in Nigerian universities, especially that of public universities are usually inefficient, dilapidated and at most times, have long surpassed their use as they have not undergone any sort of maintenance. This has affected academic activities in the university thereby derailing any possibilities of achieving sustainable university education. It is against this background that this paper examines the necessity of infrastructural maintenance in Nigerian universities to achieve sustainable university education in Nigeria. This paper discussed the problems faced by university administrators in their attempts to carry out maintenance of their infrastructure to include underfunding, poor supervision, poor maintenance culture, amongst others. It was concluded at the end of this paper that where the necessary infrastructural facilities do not undergo maintenance, there would be a decline in the activities of the members of the university community, both academic and non-academic. Suggestions to the problems identified in this paper were discussed to include provision of funds, mandatory supervision on infrastructure, routine and regular maintenance of infrastructure, amongst others.
Author: STELLA OFOR-DOUGLAS Ph.D.
Institutions: University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7217499323