An Examination of the Impact School Building Collapse in Nigerian Educational Institutions
Keywords:
Educational institutions, School Building, School building collapseAbstract
The paper explores the impact of school building in Nigeria educational institutions. The paper depends on secondary source of data which relied on secondary evidences inform of published books, journal articles, newspapers, government official documents, seminar papers, conference papers as well as related information from the internet. The paper identified structural failure, use of substandard materials, natural occurrences, foundation failures, fire outbreaks and flammable building material, improper supervision, inspection and monitoring of construction works, engagement of incompetent contractors, illegal conversion, alteration, and additions to existing structures, no building plan, occurrence of nature, quality control and corruption. Based on the finding, the paper recommends that the federal and state governments should improve the supervision of school building across the federation and states by properly funding all quality assurance agencies and commission in charge of building industries in Nigeria. Government should ensure integrity test are carried out on every school building every five years interval. Government should involve all building industries stakeholder in the management of school building to ensure quality work.
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