Implementation of Accounting Programmes in Nigerian Public Universities: Problems and Solutions
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https://doi.org/10.51699/cajitmf.v2i3.105Keywords:
Accounting, Implementation, Lecturers, Problems, ProgrammeAbstract
Accounting programmes are special programmes that Nigerian universities offer with the aim of producing adequate manpower to man accounting jobs across the country. Accounting programmes are faced with some problems in the implementation process in public universities. This article discusses the problems facing the implementation of accounting programmes in public universities in Nigeria. Secondary data are used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data are generated from print materials and online publication such as CEON, Elsevier, Hindawi, IEEE, JSTOR, LearnTechlib, Nebraska, SAGE and Springer. The article identifies the problems of accounting programmes as inadequate funding, shortage of accounting lecturers, inadequate instructional materials, inadequate infrastructural facilities, poor curriculum development, ineffective staff development programme and poor research development in accounting programme. To solve these problems, the article, among other things, recommends that the government should increase the funding of accounting programmes, employ more qualified lecturers, provide adequate infrastructural facilities and instructional materials, ensure effective curriculum development and research programme and promote effective staff development for accounting lecturers in the public universities
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Gharetey, J. B. (1990). Political accountability and development in the Third World. International Journal of PublicSector Management, 39-59.
Inanga, E. J. (2000). A review of empirical research in accounting education: 1990-1998. Journal of Accounting Education, 9, 167-231.
Jones, M. (1994).The tide is now turning in the favour of the Unions. The Sunday Times August (28), 7-11.
Kimmel, P. (1995). A framework for incorporating critical thinking into accounting education. Journal of Accounting Education, 12(3), 299-318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0748-5751(95)00012-B.
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Ogunode Niyi Jacob, & Wula Tyavbee James. (2021). Implementation of Accounting Programmes in Nigerian Public Universities: Problems and Solutions. Central Asian Journal of Innovations on Tourism Management and Finance, 2(3), 20–30. https://doi.org/10.51699/cajitmf.v2i3.105
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