The ‘Clogs in The Wheel’ of Developmentof school Administration in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper discussed the ‘clogs in the wheel’ of progress faced by school administration and development at all levels of education in both private and public schools in Nigeria. The interpretive research approach was used by holistically and historically employing Secondary data from prints and online sources to support the points mentioned in the paper. The challenges working against the smooth development and administration of schools in Nigeria are much. Some of which include problem of special needs and inclusive education, inadequate local and foreign collaboration, lack of proper autonomy, natural and man-made disaster, poor public library services and bad reading culture among others. The study identified that these problems are not peculiar to Nigeria alone but most developed and developing countries face similar challenges. The finding from this research is that these problems are jointly caused by all stakeholders contrary to the general belief that they are caused by bad governance. To solve these problems, the paper suggested: Policymakers should make Nigerian education marketable to attract foreign revenue, brain gain, global competence, improved ranking, and collaborations by improving the standard of the Nigerian educational system in line with global best practices and expectations, to deter fake results, academic institutions and employers of labor should scrutinize security symbols and seals of academic institutions, Our libraries should be up to date and upgraded to electronic and digital open versions for easy access to information, Examination regulatory agencies and school administrators must synergies to curb examination malpractice in our school system