Women Engineers and Academics - The Nigerian Perspective

1. WOMEN ENGINEERS AND
ACADEMICS – THE
NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE
E. E. Atimati, U. C. Iwuchukwu, B. C. Dike and G. A Chukwudebe.
Dept. of Elect/Elect Eng.; Fed. Uni. of Tech. Owerri. Imo, Nigeria
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2. Presentation Outline
●Introduction
●Setting the scene
●Academic Women Engineers in Imo State
●Women in Various Academic Cadres
●Universities in Nigeria
●Conclusion
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3. Introduction
●Gender bias persists in Engineering faculties, in the state, to
buttress this:
 The female staff strength and career levels in institutions
are analysed
 Numerical discrimination suffered by female engineers in
academia is shown
− Data was collected from 3 institutions:
− Imo State University (IMSU)
− Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO)
− Federal Polytechnic Nekede (POLNEK)
●Opportunities available for tutoring Engineering in the
country is presented.
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4. Setting the Scene
●Imo State is one of the south eastern states in Nigeria
●Engineering is taught in Universities and Polytechnics
 There are 3 Universities and 2 Polytechnics in the state
●2 universities and 1 polytechnic were surveyed.
●Nigeria has 143 registered universities
 Majority owned by the Private sector.
 140 of them were investigated
 University distribution by ownership:
 How many of these teach Engineering?
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40%
40%
60%
federal
state
private

5. Academic Women Engineers in Imo
●% of female staff in departments common to all
institutions:
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AGRIC ENG CIVIL ENG EEE MECH
% OF FEM. ENGR IMSU 4% 4% 0% 0%
% OF FEM. ENGR FUTO 9% 12% 20% 3%
% OF FEM. ENGR POLNEK 6% 8% 10% 4%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%

6. WOMEN IN VARIOUS CADRES
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0
2
4
6
8
10
12
M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
AGE CIE MEE EEE PET FST MME PTE
FUTO
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
M F M F M F M F
AGRIC CIVIL MECH ELECT
IMSU
PROF.
ASS. PROF.
SEN. LECT.
LECT. I
LECT. II
ASST. LECT.
GRAD. ASST.
TECH.

7. Universities in Nigeria
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39 38
57
134
27
17 14
58
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
federal state private total
Comparing Science and Engineering faculties in
Universities
Science
Engineering
100% 95% 98% 98%
68%
43%
23%
41%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
160%
180%
federal state private total
Percentage of Engineering Faculties
% Engineering
% of Universities
surveyed.

8. Conclusion
●FUTO had the highest number of women engineers in all
departments.
 Numerical strength of female engineers are far less than men in all the
institutions
●There is need for more girl child sensitization
 Networking and mentoring of young girls
 Change the statuesque
●Opportunities for facilitating Engineering lies greatly in private
universities.
 Below half (41%) Nigerian universities teach engineering.
●What’s the dream of a typical Nigerian girl….
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