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Quality higher education is considered as one of the major elements that guarantee sustainable economic and social development at the national and regional levels of a given economy. This study identified factors of leadership and governance in private higher education institutions in Ethiopia that may contribute to a declining quality of education. Employing a qualitative case study methodology, administrators in six private higher education institutions in Ethiopia were interviewed and their perspectives were compared with other publicly available information. Results indicate that these institutions are continuously challenged to balance government requirements and stakeholder demands in an environment where under funding, scarcity of qualified instructors, poor infrastructure, poorly qualified students, and a biased regulatory environment are being exhibited. In addition, the study revealed that most educational leaders believed that addressing more effective governance can improve educational quality significantly. Recommendations for policy makers, regulators, and leaders of higher education institutions include ensuring availability and proper utilization of qualified instructors, adequate infrastructure, autonomous quality assurance units, and more equable regulation and enforcement of provisions across the higher education sector.

Higher institutions are established with the aim of producing qualified graduates that will eventually impact positively on national development but the achievement of this goal is being affected by the lack of development in these institutions. The majority opinion in the country today is that the quality of education is low, judging by the performance of the graduates of these institutions. Furthermore, so many people are of the opinion that effective governance and public accountability in the institutions are seriously in doubt, as there are reported cases of maladministration and misapplication or misappropriation of resources with severe consequences for manpower and infrastructural development. This paper therefore attempts to examine the veracity of these issues with a view to redefining governance and public accountability in higher institutions. The paper adopts governance and development approaches in analysing the issue in contention. It notes that the chief executives of the various higher institutions in Nigerian are excessively powerful particularly in area of general administration and fund utilisation. This in most cases has telling effects on the development of the institutions. The study concludes that for Nigerian higher institutions to effectively play their assigned roles, their governance and accountability must be improved upon. DOI:10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n3p89

The article discussed the problems facing the administration of English language programme in the Nigerian higher institutions. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publication by recognized institutions and individual author. The problems facing the administration of English language programme in Nigerian higher institution include; inadequate funding, inadequate English language lecturers, inadequate English language laboratories, poor research in English language programme, brain-drain, strike actions, poor capacity development of English language programme lecturers and institutional corruption. For effective administration of English language programme in the Nigerian higher institutions, the paper hereby recommends: that the government should increase the funding of English language programme, employment of more English language lecturers, provision of adequate infrastructural facilities, implementation of agreement with unions, effective staff development programme, effective motivation policy to prevent brain-drain and fight all the institutional corruption in the higher institutions

The article discussed the challenges facing the administration of computer science programme in Nigerian higher institutions. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publication by recognized institutions and individual author. There are many challenges facing the administration of computer science programme in Nigerian higher institutions. Some of the challenges include; inadequate funding of computer science programme, inadequate computer science lecturers, inadequate ICT infrastructural facilities, brain-drain, strike actions, high cost of internet data and electronic services and high cost of internet data and electronic services. To solve these challenges, this article recommends the following: government should increase the funding of computer science programme in higher institutions, provide adequate ICT infrastructural facilities, ensure stable academic programme employment of more computer science lecturers, the motivation of lecturers to prevent brain-drain and capacity development programme for lecturers and students.

The implementation of automobile technology education curriculum to produce technological know-how graduates through effective teaching and learning in higher institutions cannot be achieved without the availability and utilization of mechatronics facilities. The paper investigated the availability and utilization of mechatronics facilities in higher institutions in North-Central, Nigeria and the way forward. The paper highlighted on the concept of high institution, mechatronics systems, automotive mechatronics, mechatronic systems facilities, availability and utilization mechatronic systems facilities in high institution as well as way forward in the provision of mechatronic systems facilities in higher institutions. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations include among others, Government should provide adequate facilities to higher institutions workshops using current strategies identified to ensure acquisition of relevant skills, and knowledge and experience that are relevant to the growth of the country

This paper focuses on roles of private sectors in management of Home Economics programme in Nigerian higher institutions of learning. The entire programme of Home Economics is not left for the government alone. The private sectors tries to allow the students of this area to carry out some exercise in their establishment like allow them to do the student SIWES, teaching practice etc. DOI:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n7p9

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of covid-19 pandemic school close down on the research programme of higher institutions in Abuja, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was used for the study and 4 research questions was developed for the study. Random sampling method was used to select 120 researchers in the four sampled institutions. The instrument used for collection of data was a structured questionnaire. Result collected revealed that 100% of the respondents agreed that Covid-19 pandemic school closure have impact on research program of higher institutions in FCT, 100% of the respondents agreed that Covid-19 pandemic will affects the flow of international research grants into higher institutions in FCT, 92% of the respondents agreed that Covid-19 pandemic will affects government funding of research higher institutions in FCT and 100% agreed that higher institutions as part of their community services by creating awereness to the general public on prevention of covid-19.The study also showed that 100% of the respondents agreed that higher institutions in Federal Capital Territory are collaborating with other institutions on the research for covid-19 vaccine while 69.17% of the respondents agreed that higher institutions in FCT are producing face masks for free distributions for the people to protect them from containing the covid-19 in Abuja. Based on this finding, this paper thereby recommends that government should increase the funding of research programme in Abuja and other higher institutions in the country.