Benue State University, Makurdi

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH CENTERAL NIGERIA

¹AkJane Ndidiamaka Akwam and ²Gabriel Mhenmbee Ortsa PhD
1 & 2 Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated climate change and educational management for sustainable development of public universities in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprises 10,249 academic and administrative staff from 13 public universities. A total of 1,025/1012 (10%) academic and administrative staff from 7 public universities was sampled using proportionate stratified sampling techniques. A 4-point structured 10 item rating scale questionnaire titled; Climate Change and Educational Management Questionnaire (CCEMQ) was developed by the researchers and used to collect data for the study. The data collected were answered using mean and standard deviation for the research questions. While chi-square (x2) test of goodness-of-fit was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that flood and drought have significant influence on Educational Management for Sustainable Development of Public Universities in North Central Nigeria. It was recommended that, residents within the university community should avoid flood in the school, and government in corroboration with voluntary agency to provide Boreholes, Dams and Water tankers to avoid water scarcity.