COMMIT TEE OF DEANS OF EDUCATION IN
NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
PRESENTS
EDUCATION SUMMIT 2019
Date:
22nd – 25th October, 2019
Venue:
Princess Alexandra Auditorium,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Theme:
THE
CHALLENGES AND INTERVENTIONS IN EDUCATION SECTOR
Background Information
The Committee of Deans of Education in Nigerian
Universities (CODENU) was established to be a vanguard of quality Education in
Nigeria and promote higher education system with vibrant teacher researchers
for the production of globally competitive graduates. CODENU is geared towards
becoming a renown professional body for advocating and promoting education,
pursuing excellence in University teacher education, as well as promoting
institutional capacity for production of teachers to meet national and global
educational standards. The theme for 2019 Education Summit focuses on the
Challenges and Interventions in the Education Sector. Nigerian educational
system is faced with a lot of challenges ranging from inadequate quality
personnel to issues of infrastructure, policy somersault and learning
environment. Hence the need for aggregation of key stakeholders to assess the dimensions of these challenges in
the educational system as well explore possible interventions that will enable
Nigerian Universities to produce quality graduates that can compete globally
and help in the economic advancement of our country.
This Summit will, among others, x-ray the personnel
based challenges, financial challenges, policy issues affecting the education
sector, among numerous others as captured in the subthemes below.
SUB THEMES:
.
Quality
Regulations/Accreditation Challenges.
.
Financial based
challenges in the education sector.
.
Challenges in research
and utilization of findings in the education sector.
.
Social and
socio-economic factors affecting the education sector.
.
Inter-sectoral
challenges in the education sector.
.
Genger mainstreaming
challenges in the educational sector.
.
Application-Based
Learning.
.
Policy issues at
different levels of education.
.
Inequalities in
education.
.
Improving the quality
and impact of research in teacher education
.
Dimensions and contexts
of teacher education (including: cultural, economic, political, social and
technological).
.
Foreign and
international interventions in the education sector.
.
Non-governmental
interventions in education sector.
.
Measure for curbing
abuse of intervention funds.
.
Interventions at
primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education.
.
Professional education
and reforms in teachers.
.
Demand for Career
Readiness.
Registration Details
1. Summit
Fee: N10,000
2. Corporate
organizations/Agencies: N50,000
3. Institutional
annual dues: N100,000
4. Article
Vetting Fee: N4,000
Correspondence
Information regarding abstract submission,
submission of articles or any further information should be directed to:
Dr. Ashagwu Okadi
Phone Number:
+2347066980933
Organizing
Committee
PROF. EMMANUEL
C. OSINEM
Dean
Faculty of Voc and Tech Edu,
University
of Nigeria, Nsukka
Chairman,
LOC
DR. GODFREY NJI
Associate
Dean,
Faculty
of Education, UNN
(Secretary
LOC)
KEY SUMMIT
ACTIVITIES AND SCHEDULES
Date Activity
22nd
October, 2019 Arrival
DAY ONE Opening Session
and
23rd
October, 2019 Thematic Presentations by guest
speakers
DAY TWO Panel
discussion/Policy Dialogue
24th
October, 2019 Technical
paper presentations
Report and sensitization on of
CODENU Journal
and Book Project
25th
October, 2019 Departure
