Crisis of Educational Leadership. Implications for Managers of Education in Nigeria

Educational leadership in Nigeria has witnessed a number of crises that have an implication for managers of education. The basic and the secondary levels of educational leadership have failed to lay solid foundations for the tertiary level. The crises that pervade the tertiary level resulted in the crises of managers of education at all levels. This circle of educational leadership crises combined to make education in the country a crisis child. This paper therefore focused on crisis of educational leadership in Nigeria. Examination malpractices, menace of secret cults, low enrolment, poor performance, poor products and abandoned projects are the major crises of educational leadership identified and discussed in the paper. Their dangers to the managers of education sector in the country were highlighted. Among others, attitudinal change is highly recommended.