Open AccessGuidelines for assessment of publications for contribution to scholarship: a view point
Author(s) -
O G Ajao,
Lawoyin To
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i4.28229
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , standardization , grading (engineering) , scholarship , relevance (law) , medicine , impact factor , quality (philosophy) , quality assessment , injustice , public relations , medical education , political science , law , philosophy , civil engineering , external quality assessment , epistemology , pathology , politics , engineering
There does not seem to be a uniform method of assessment for promotion in the various tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The result of this is that a professor in one institution may just qualify to be a senior lecturer in another in the same country. An attempt is being made in this write-up to devise a method of standardization for promotion in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.