Funding Political Science Education amidst Inflation and Emerging Trends in 21st Century Nigeria

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This study examined funding political science education amidst inflation and emerging trends in the 21st century Nigeria. Specific objectives of the study were to: ascertain the nature of funding political science education in Nigeria; investigate emerging trends in political science education in the 21st century Nigeria and determine challenges of funding political science education amidst inflation and emerging trends in the 21st century Nigeria. The study employed qualitative research design. Data were gathered through the utilization of government records, public and school libraries, reports on events or personal accounts on experiential incidents, retrieval of facts and figures from statistical records on social issues or the archival sources, journals, literary books, the media, and internet sources. The study found that funding of political science education in particular and education in general has not been stable and has never met UNESCO benchmark for education funding. It found that inflation has eroded the value of funds allocated to education. It also found lots of trending issues have emerged in education ranging from poor investment in infrastructure, reduction in school enrolment, student fees hike, global competitiveness etc. The study concluded that funding political science education amidst inflation and emerging trends in the 21st century Nigeria has faced herculean challenges. The study recommends upward review of funding towards political science education in order to ensure that tertiary education meet up with their responsibilities, and to offset the effect of inflation on education costs. Government should devise strategies to provide welfare scheme or social interventions to students such as: subsidized transport, reduce tuition fees etc to enable students keep up with cost of acquiring education. Nigerian government should employ the services of economic experts internally to formulate and implement viable economic policies to drive the Nigerian economy on the path of growth and development.