Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability

As the most populous country in Africa and one of the most populous in the world, Nigeria is a potentially huge market for surveying services. However, the Surveying profession in Nigeria appears to be witnessing a gradual but steady decline in the quantity and quality of people practicing it. Youn...

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Main Author: Matori, A.N
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.8509 /
Published: 2012
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling utp-eprints.85092017-03-20T01:59:31Z Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability Matori, A.N TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) As the most populous country in Africa and one of the most populous in the world, Nigeria is a potentially huge market for surveying services. However, the Surveying profession in Nigeria appears to be witnessing a gradual but steady decline in the quantity and quality of people practicing it. Young surveyors are abandoning the profession and high-school graduates do not seem motivated to enroll for the course in higher educational institutions. This paper provides updated insights into the challenges faced by practicing surveyors and potential surveyors in the country. Reasons why the profession does not rank among top choices for high-school graduates poised for tertiary education are discussed. Furthermore, core factors militating against the development of the profession and its practitioners are outlined and possible practical solutions to these problems are proffered. 2012-05-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8509/1/FIG%2C_conference%2C_2012.pdf Matori, A.N (2012) Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability. In: FIG Young Surveyors. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8509/
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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Matori, A.N
Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability
description As the most populous country in Africa and one of the most populous in the world, Nigeria is a potentially huge market for surveying services. However, the Surveying profession in Nigeria appears to be witnessing a gradual but steady decline in the quantity and quality of people practicing it. Young surveyors are abandoning the profession and high-school graduates do not seem motivated to enroll for the course in higher educational institutions. This paper provides updated insights into the challenges faced by practicing surveyors and potential surveyors in the country. Reasons why the profession does not rank among top choices for high-school graduates poised for tertiary education are discussed. Furthermore, core factors militating against the development of the profession and its practitioners are outlined and possible practical solutions to these problems are proffered.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Matori, A.N
author_sort Matori, A.N
title Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability
title_short Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability
title_full Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability
title_fullStr Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability
title_full_unstemmed Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability
title_sort surveying profession in nigeria: stimulating interest and encouraging youth participation for future sustainability
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8509/1/FIG%2C_conference%2C_2012.pdf
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