CHALLENGES FACING THE ACADEMIC PLANNING UNIT IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES AND THE WAY FORWARD

Abstract

The academic planning units of the Nigerian Universities are critical to the
development of the universities. The Academic planning unit handle critical
programmes that are vital to the growth and development of the universities. It
is unfortunate that this units are facing many challenges. This article discusses
the challenges facing the academic planning unit of Nigerian universities. The
article used secondary data. The article identified inadequate funding,
inadequate working materials, inadequate infrastructural facilities, lack of
cooperation from other department or unit of the universities, poor capacity
development programme and poor motivations. To solve the identified problems
and to realize the objectives of the academic planning units, the suggestions of
this paper include the increase in the unit's funding, provision of adequate
working facilities, provision of adequate infrastructural facilities, other units and
departments within the universities should cooperate with the unit in term of
provision of data, effective staff development programme and improve on the
welfare of the staff.