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Advancing Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education in Nigeria: Current Challenges and Future Directions

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  • Afe Babalola

    (College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti 360001, Nigeria)

  • Damilola S. Olawuyi

    (College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha P.O. Box 5825, Qatar
    Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute), Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti 360001, Nigeria)

Abstract

The important roles of environmental education (EE) as a tool for advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been clearly identified in national policy visions and guidelines in Nigeria. Despite this increasing recognition however, the implementation and delivery of EE programs remain adversely impacted by a wide range of practical implementation challenges. While a number of existing studies have compiled the importance of EE for advancing the SDGs, a detailed examination of the law and governance challenges that limit the implementation of EE programs in Nigeria has remained absent. This article fills a gap in this regard. Various legal and institutional challenges that arise with the design and implementation of EE programs in Nigeria are examined in order to identify the ways in which an integrative governance framework on EE can help close these gaps. The study suggests that an elaboration of coherent national strategy on EE; a dedicated budgetary allocation for EE programs; reform of the existing laws to ensure coherent implementation of EE programs; and the designation of focal EE units at higher education institution are significant steps towards improving the development and implementation of EE programs in Nigeria.

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  • Afe Babalola & Damilola S. Olawuyi, 2021. "Advancing Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education in Nigeria: Current Challenges and Future Directions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-14, September.
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    1. Bassey Okon Ebi & Peter Samuel Ubi, 2017. "Education Expenditure and Access to Education: Case Study of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Declaration in Nigeria," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 7(5), pages 290-298.
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    2. Huiyu Ren & Liang Zhao, 2023. "Demonstration and Suggestion on the Communication Efficiency of New Media of Environmental Education Based on Ideological and Political Education," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-18, January.
    3. Paulo Guilherme Fuchs & Carla Patrícia Finatto & Robert Samuel Birch & Ana Regina de Aguiar Dutra & José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra, 2023. "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Latin-American Universities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-23, May.

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