CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATION SECTOR: CAUSES AND REMEDIES
Abstract:This study focuses attention on the causes and
effects of corruption on the education sector in Nigeria. It also proffers
solutions to the menace. Indeed, the standard of education in the country has
been negatively affected by corrupt practices manifested by school
administrators, educators, students, students’ parents and government agencies.
Some of the identified causes of corruption were poverty, poor remuneration for
educators and moral decadence among students and educators. The foregoing
negative inclinations have a number of unfavourable effects; the most
pronounced among them is lowering of the standard and quality of education in
the country. The methodology utilized in the study is descriptive analysis.
This study recommended, among other things, that quality assurance unit should
be established to monitor teaching, admission and examination practices in all
Nigerian schools.