MANAGEMENT IMPERATIVES OF HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH ETHICAL AND VALUES EDUCATION RE-ENGINEERING FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This research paper explores the necessity of re-engineering higher education system focusing on the ethics and values for sustainable national development. It clearly identifies the concerns in education system with particular reference to Nigeria higher education narrowing it down to University Education. Such serious concerns in education system like quality teaching, management leadership behaviours, teachers’ roles or what teachers should be able to do in attending different learning needs of students as well as how to promote a climate of mutual respect in a multi-cultural environment calls for review. It emphasizes the evaluation of University ethical and value issues programmes in the management of University education in Nigeria that can provide basis for reform; like providing concrete, realistic and challenging goals, policy initiatives/reform with regards to professional development in Nigeria. Addressing management imperatives of professional development programmes and training for constructivist pedagogy, improving teachers’ performance, developing quality knowledge, skills and values among them so as to sustain an effective teaching/learning environment and attaining education goals. Hence, maintaining and impacting reasonable ethical and value standards among others to students clearly brings teachers to the centre stage of the discourse for sustainable national development.