Don urges increased funding for postgraduate research in Nigeria

The Chairman of the Committee of Provosts and Deans of Postgraduate Colleges and Schools successful Nigerian Universities, Professor Victor Samson Dunga, has called for accrued authorities backing of postgraduate probe and greater organization enactment for postgraduate schools.

Dunga warned that inadequate concern successful postgraduate acquisition could permission Nigeria babelike connected overseas expertise and probe solutions.

He gave the informing portion delivering the keynote code astatine the 68th regular gathering of the Committee of Provosts and Deans of Postgraduate Colleges and Schools successful Nigerian Universities, held astatine Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State connected Monday.

"A state that nether invests successful postgraduate acquisition volition sooner oregon aboriginal import solutions, ideas and experts," helium said.

He besides urged the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, to widen nonstop probe backing to postgraduate students, portion calling connected assemblage managements to assistance postgraduate colleges greater administrative autonomy and resources.

The keynote speaker, the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, besides called connected Nigerian universities to present stricter measures against probe fraud, amended postgraduate supervision and code delays successful doctoral programmes.

Ogundipe warned that practices specified arsenic declaration writing, fabricated probe findings, questionable diary publications and the misuse of artificial quality were thre...