Usman Umar Akeel|Sarah Bell|John E. Mitchell
Assessing the sustainability literacy of the Nigerian engineering community
University College London|University College London|University College London
lifeblood socioeconomic progress engineering implicated unprecedented challenge sustainability global engineering community devised sustainable engineering conceptual departure conventional engineering practices however extent sustainability worldview permeated nigerian engineering community remains unanswered paper attempt answer question sustainability literate members nigerian engineering community paper undertakes assessment sustainability literacy community aid stakeholder survey devised sustainability literacy test three criteria used gauge stakeholders sustainability literacy awareness un decade education sustainable development score sustainability literacy test selfassessment sustainability knowledge survey participants recruited mainly two federallyrun nigerian higher education institutions engineering professional associations assessment reveals unsatisfactory performance nigerian engineering stakeholders three sustainability literacy criteria results show majority students 81 educators 67 practitioners 64 unaware undesd paper therefore highlights need improve sustainability literacy nigerian engineering community possibly sustainability education intervention