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Abstract:
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is the educational process of achieving human development in an inclusive, equitable and secure manner which includes education for poverty alleviation, human rights, gender equality, cultural diversity, international understanding among other factors according to UNESCO (2004). The focus of Education for Sustainable Development is a world where everyone has the opportunity to benefit from quality education and learn the values, behaviors and lifestyle required for a sustainable future and for positive societal transformation. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) need to maintain interactive relationship with their economic and social environments, in order to link skills development with the search for solutions to the problems, both within communities and in the country in general strategically. The World Bank (1997) recommended that African universities should develop an institutional strategic plan with key elements of definition of mission statements with an elaborate institutional strategy coupled with an initial three-year rolling plan for the implementation of the strategy. So the study investigated the extent to which ESD is incorporated into the strategic plans of Lagos State higher education institutions. The Education Strategic Plan (ESP) of tertiary education institutions in Lagos State was examined in view of the goals of DESD using the checklist Strategic Planning Checklist (SPC). The statistical tool of chi-square was used to analyze the extent of Sustainable Development indices reflected in the ESP. It was found that ESD indices were not significantly subsumed and addressed in the Lagos State Strategic Plan for tertiary education.

Keywords: sustainable development, education for sustainable development, strategic planning, tertiary/ higher education and human capital

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