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Environmental Management System for Nigeria’s Higher Education: Two-Year Pilot Analysis

Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development

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Title Environmental Management System for Nigeria’s Higher Education: Two-Year Pilot Analysis
 
Creator Iyalomhe, Felix O
Cirella, Giuseppe T
Russo, Alessio
Jensen, Anne
Idogho, Philipa
 
Description Hypothetical research into how the introduction and utilization of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) could be instituted into Nigeria’s higher education scheme, as a means to improve environmental awareness and sustainable development practices on university campuses, is explored. Qualitative methodologies are utilized based on reviewed literature, semi-structured interviews, personal experiences and structured questionnaires. Reported two-year findings illustrate that effective potential EMS for Nigeria’s higher education, demands policy-oriented government directives and commitments in terms of strict regulatory legislation and coordination of related management support. While EMS implementation blockage is due to a lack of government initiative and managerial commitment accompaniment throughout Nigeria’s overall education sector. This blockage includes inadequate salary structures, lack of funding, insufficient academic curriculum and disconnect between universities and society at large. The research posits a preliminary platform towards creating EMS practices and processes, and its significant role in the definition of sustainable campuses and research via educative activities. It highlights the need for re-evaluation of Nigeria’s higher education scheme and its academic curriculum to create room for improved environmental awareness and performance.
 
Publisher Columbia University Libraries
 
Date 2017-07-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/consilience/article/view/3883
10.7916/consilience.v0i18.3883
 
Source Consilience; No. 18 (2017): Issue Eighteen: 2017
1948-3074
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/consilience/article/view/3883/1666
 
Rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0