TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND

Book Development Project

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has the mandate to establish and nurture the Higher Education Book Development Project in Nigeria. Book scarcity has reached a crisis proportion in the country as evident not only in the quantity of books available but also in the quality of locally produced books. Given the seriousness of the paucity of reading and learning materials in Nigeria’s higher educational institutions, the TETFUND Book Development Project is designed to reactivate and nurture research and the publication of academic books and journals in hard and e-forms in Nigerian higher educational institutions, thereby empowering tertiary institutions in Nigeria to benefit from and contribute to knowledge production and nationally and globally. Advancements in science and technology, especially ICT, and the influence of globalization have profoundly transformed the context, from and the scope of knowledge production that Nigerian higher educational institutions should be assisted to fully participate in and contribute to the global system of generating and disseminating knowledge. The uniqueness of the present intervention lies in the fact that through it, TETFund will assist Nigerian higher educational institutions to restore and sustain the capacity for academic publishing.

The promotion of indigenous authorship and the resuscitation of local publishing of books are critical instruments in addressing the dearth of textbooks, including basic test and specialized textbooks in various disciplines in Nigeria’s higher educational institutions. Restoring the culture of indigenous authorship and the production of indigenous books would ensure the availability of books that address local needs and reflect familiar realities and experiences.

The book production component is one of the three areas of intervention of the TETFund Book project. The others are the revitalization of academic publishing and the support of academic journals. This first phase of the book production intervention is directed at the production of peer-reviewed basic textbooks written by Nigerian academics for universities, polytechnics and colleges of education and specialized books in various subject areas as well as the publication of books of high quality PhD theses from Nigerian Universities that have successfully gone through a rigorous assessment process. This would contribute to solving the problem of paucity of books in Nigeria’s higher educational institutions.

 

Tertiary Education Trust Fund,
6, Zambezi Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street,
Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria.