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MARRIAGE OF TOWN AND GOWN:
ROLE OF UNIVERSITY IN HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL GROWTH
| Abstract: Universities are viewed from different perspectives as entities dispensing knowledge that expands the life of the human mind for various reasons. In essence therefore, universities all over the world engage in three principal functions, these are teaching, research and community services. These three functions are essentially what make the universities an academic environment where scholars have the opportunity to formally and theoretically carry out their intellectual activities for the development and growth of the nation. This paper focused on the roles played by universities in human resource development for sustainable national growth. The university is seen in this paper as avenue for empowering individuals with adequate capacity for nation building. To this end, the paper stressed the need for university programmes to be environment relevant in order to solve societal problems. The paper justified the marriage of gown and town in the symbiotic relationship existing between the two entities for national growth. Recommendations made for increasing developmental rate include but not limited to:a purposeful harmonization of the university programmes to be environment relevant for meeting the needs of the society; exploration of various resources in the larger society for proper channelling for improved economic returns; involving students in income generating projects for the university and the larger society in order to development and be seen as avenue for the society to renew itself; giving a new orientation to students to reduce over reliance on certificates. |
| Keywords: University; Sustainable National Development; Town/Gown relationship; Human Capital Development |
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