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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: Nigeria as a nation is experiencing a shortage of qualified personnel within the surveying profession. This leads to the disorderliness of land administration in the country today. Hence, there is a need to cushion this problem by providing sufficient qualified personnel and entrants to the profession with appropriate training and education to meet the required professional certification to practice the surveying profession. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the procedure of the academic and the professional pathway of Land surveying and Geoinformatics program and registration. A qualitative research approach was adopted for the study using content analysis. The current structures of the academic programs and the registration and certification process for land surveying practices in Nigeria was reviewed. The content of the paper will guide new entrance into tertiary institutions in career selection and preparation, and undergraduate in procedure to professionalism. Also, education policy maker’s and professionals’ in the practice of Surveying and Geoinformatics in Nigeria context will be able to inject new innovation in the academic curriculum and the requirements for surveyor's registration. |
| Keywords: academic, geoinformatics, land surveying, land administration, surveying profession, surveying registration |
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