Safety and Health Education in the Curricula of Construction-related Programs in Nigeria

9 pages•Published: December 11, 2023

Ibukun Awolusi, Kabir Ibrahim, Chukwuma Nnaji, Adedeji Afolabi and Aliu Soyingbe

Abstract

Similar to other injury-prone industries, the construction sector experiences an elevated number of accidents regularly. These inauspicious occurrences mostly lead to unwanted variability in project performance indicators and exert negative impacts on the victims, their families, and society. The major causes of accidents in the construction industry have often been linked to human factors, particularly the lack of adequate safety and health education in tertiary institutions. This study evaluates safety and health education in the curricula of construction-related programs in Nigeria. First, accredited construction-related programs in Nigerian universities were identified after which the curricula of 14 selected programs were examined to determine safety and health education provisions. Thereafter, a survey was designed and administered to faculty from six universities (one per geopolitical zones) to investigate their perception of the barriers and drivers to the inclusion of safety and health education in the curricula of construction-related programs. Findings from the study revealed the existing lack of construction safety and health education in the curricula and the main barriers/drivers impacting inclusion in Nigerian construction programs. These findings could be used to develop a framework and strategies for integrating construction safety and health education into the curricula of construction-related programs in Nigeria.

Keyphrases: construction safety and health, education curriculum, nigeria, occupational safety and health, tertiary institution

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). Proceedings of 59th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 4, pages 825-833.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/fpMN
	https://doi.org/10.29007/mxb1

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2023:Safety_Health_Education_Curricula,
  author    = {Ibukun Awolusi and Kabir Ibrahim and Chukwuma Nnaji and Adedeji Afolabi and Aliu Soyingbe},
  title     = {Safety and Health Education in the Curricula of Construction-related Programs in Nigeria},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 59th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {4},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/fpMN},
  doi       = {10.29007/mxb1},
  pages     = {825-833},
  year      = {2023}}

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