TETFund’s South-East publishing hub: New dawn for academic research, textbook production

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
 
The challenge of producing quality academic textbooks and scholarly publications locally has remained one of the major constraints confronting Nigeria’s tertiary education system.
For years, researchers and university lecturers have had to contend with limited publishing infrastructure, inadequate access to modern printing facilities and the high cost of taking academic works through the publishing process.
 

 
Beyond the difficulties of producing textbooks, the situation has also affected the visibility of indigenous research, with valuable scholarly contributions often struggling to find their way into professionally published materials accessibl...