AN OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL HARMONY IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN NIGERIA: A PANACEA TO QUALITY EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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University is a citadel of learning and an apex of educational institution. Any country that has functional and efficient educational system is achieving national development as it produces people who can transform the economy of that nation. Nigeria which is one of the developing economies needs functional and quality education if they must achieve the much desired national development. It has been noticed overtime that there is industrial disharmony which truncates academic activities. It becomes imperative that without industrial harmony there cannot be smooth flow of academic activities that can transform our country to national development. Nigerian government should adopt educational policies that are in line with global standard. It was concluded that government should give priority to education especially university because of her incessant strike action so that such dehydrated monster should be curbed. FGN should be keep to all agreements reached with ASUU as to ensure flow of academic activities. The researchers recommended that government of Nigeria should place high premium on education by meeting up with the recommended 26% educational spending prescribed by UNESCO, to help revitalize the higher education system. Government at all levels should allocation a reason amount to educational sector in their annual budget. Academic staff should be well motivated to reduce brain drain and ASUU’s agreements with FGN kept as to curbing the incessant strike actions in public universities that disrupt academic activities.
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