Sixty-five years of university education in Nigeria: Some key cross cutting issues
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Date
2012
Authors
Ejiogu, A.M.
Sule, S.A.
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Publisher
Bulgarian Comparative Education Society
Abstract
This paper traces briefly the history and development of university education in Nigeria from one university in 1948 to a total of 118 universities as at the time of writing the paper. Besides the chronicle, the paper examines some cross-cutting issues that tend to scuttle the otherwise good intentions and robust programme 1\ initiatives of the universities to excel and match the best practices evident in world acclaimed universities. Such issues include: the ad-hoc manner in which most of the universities were/are being established; inadequate funding; crisis of access; brain-drain; instability of academic calendar due to strikes; liberalization of university ownership and
graduate unemployment. The paper concludes by calling on both the government and all stakeholders to seriously tackle the issue offunding as it is a veritable catalyst for excellence in any university system.
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Keywords
Education , Nigeria , History , University education , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
Citation
Ejiogu, A.M. and Sule, S.A. (2012). Sixty-five years of university education in Nigeria: Some key cross cutting issues. International perspectives on education (BCES books), Vol.10, pp. 257 – 267.