On the Inadequacy of Engineering Faculty in the Advancement of Engineering Education.

Engineering Education should be of grave importance to any nation that aims tobe vibrant in the knowledge economy. Proper implementation and management of engineering educationbuildsviable human capital needed to develop and manage the technologies that are required to drive all sectors of the economy.The training of engineers in ivory towers across Nigeriais hampered by the inadequacy of engineering faculty in these institutions. This dearth of teaching staff has thus created a bottleneck in the advancement of engineering education.This paper seeks to address issues on the competency and numerical strength of academics that are available in specialized areas existing within traditional and emerging fields of engineering. In particular, issues dealing with non-involvement of experienced hands from the industry in the academia,low doctoral students' turn out from graduate studies, inadequate motivation of faculty members and poor government commitmentto engineering education will be considered. Some of the solutions provided to mitigate the effect of this challenge include revamping of engineering postgraduate programs and a renewed commitment to building human capital in engineering faculty in order to develop sufficient faculty for the future.