Administration Teacher Education in Nigeria: Problem and Suggestion
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The article discussed the problems facing the administration of teacher education in Nigeria. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publication by recognized institutions and individual author. There are many problems facing administration of teachers education in Nigeria. Some of the problems include; inadequate funding, inadequate academic staff, shortage of infrastructural facilities, institutional corruption, weak school administrators, brain-drain and unstable academic calendar. To solve this challenges, this article recommends: that the government should increase the funding of teachers education, employ more academic staff, provide more infrastructural facilities, ensure stable academic calendar, appointment of competent school administrators and fight all institutional corruption.
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