The goals of the national universities commission are. Nigeria has 103 universities 27 federal, 35 states and 41 private all enrolling over 400, 000 students nuc, 2009. Itsekor centre for learning resources covenant university ota, nigeria victoria. In nigeria, very few universities have started using the eexams system for their testexams and these includes federal university of technology minna, university of ilorin, covenant university ota, nigerian open university of nigeria noun, to mention but a few. Educational system in nigeria problems and prospects. The nigerian local government authorities are the ones that take up the responsibility for the implementation of education policies for those schools that are controlled by the state government. Nucs directory of full professors in the nigerian university. Though tuition is free in all federal colleges and institutions, but for full time students in state and private institutions tuition is paid. Ollor and takeshi utsumi november 10, 2008 abstract. Understanding the nigerian university management system. As we have said earlier, education from start has always been free, and absolutely free, the government of earlier years properly understood the vital roles education play in the life of an individual and how that will invariably help a nation develop. Mar 07, 2017 nigerias system of education presently leaves over a million qualified collegeage nigerians without access to postsecondary education on an annual basis. University of jos which is blazing the trail for content development and elearning in addition to the campus networking, liverpool et al, 2009.
Following the election of president olusegun obasanjo in 1999, nigeria developed a new educational scheme called the universal basic education u. Department of religious studies nassarawa state university kefi, nigeria. Briggs, emeritus professor, university of port harcourt at a 3day retreat organized for members of the governing council of the rivers state university of science and technology, port harcourt on wednesday 23rd january, 20 opening remarks. A comparison of education systems in nigeria and the. The legal system of a nation is critical to the maintenance of law and order in that nation. Information for students from nigeria university of south.
The rapid development of the information and communication technologies has. Nigerian universities to revert to 5point scale grading. Comparative analysis of nigerian educational system okoro n. To be a dynamic regulatory agency acting as a catalyst for positive change and innovation for the delivery of quality university education in nigeria. Pdf understanding the nigerian university management system. This situation consequently affects the quality of university education in these institutions. Nigeria university grading system calculate cgpa for. Powered by the federal ministry of education, nevs provides secure exchange and verification of educational information. Nigeria achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1960. We started very well on the path to educational liberation, but it is unfortunate that education state in nigeria as at present is nothing to write home about. Nigerian universities to revert to 5point scale grading system. One thing that has crippled most sectors in nigeria today is poor governance. This newly adopted system took of in 2006 and it is expected to be reshaped to meet the millenium development goals mdgs target. Pdf understanding the nigerian universities management system.
An analytical synthesis of perfomance and main issues teboho moja visiting professor of higher education new york university department of administration, leadership and technology new york, ny. The formal education system in nigeria is the 934 system. Akinnuwesi department of computer sciences, lagos state university, ojo, lagos, nigeria email. Deregulation, underfunding, quality, equality, access introduction the state of education in nigeria nigeria in the last two decades has had a rather phenomenal but unplanned expansion of higher education. As a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, tertiary level of education was expanded to reach every subregion of nigeria.
No university system in africa has a database and a published directory of full professors in the system. Nigeria lasted only sixty years as against one hundred and fiftysix years of british rule in america with britian historical background, culture and language. D department of educational foundations and management federal college of education abeokuta ogunstate nigeria. Education is a shared responsibility of the nigerian federal, state, and local governments. Some other difficulties in the administration of the educational system in nigeria include increasing private cost of college.
It was the first university established in nigeria and until now, the same 19 th century academic traditions are still applied. The nature, scope and processes of traditional education in nigeria the islamic system of education in the advent of western education in the development of education in nigeria 1919 and beyond introduction having gone through the last unit, you will realise that up to 1914, western education system in nigeria had no definite philosophy. The impact of management information system mis on the. E exams system for nigerian universities with emphasis on. Pdf management of nigerian university system joel babalola. We have prepared a list of problems in education for your attention. The role and relevance of academic planning in the nigerian university system dogara bashir national water resources institute, kaduna, nigeria lead paper presented at the retreat for members of the governing council and management of kaduna state university, at the university, tafawa balewa way, kaduna on 24th to 25th april, 2006. Following the 1990 conference, nigeria grappled for several years with how to readjust the 6334 system in order to realign with the conference goals. Quality assurance and sustainable university education in nigeria. Pdf types and location of nigerian universities researchgate. Such schools will have to revert to the 5point scale grading system according to the national universities commission.
Education in nigeria is more of a public enterprise that. The nigerian educational system and the years of schooling involved in each higher education levels, which place a higher value on university, polytechnics and nce, in that order. Admission policies and the quality of university education in. Such schools will have to revert to the 5point scale grading system according to the national universities commission nuc. Creation of global university system in nigeria gus nigeria walter g. Nigeria universities still use the system established in the 1960s when the university of ibadan was converted from college to university. Enikuomehin department of computer sciences, lagos state. This paper was designed to explore the nigerian university management system in order to understand how the university operates. National open university of nigeria programme leader dr. Jan 07, 2020 still on the list of federal universities in nigeria and their school fees introduction of school fee to education system. Okoroma rivers state university of science and technology the population of nigeria is 140 million according to the last 2006. The education system is divided into kindergarten, primary education, secondary education and tertiary education.
In response to the above problems of the university system, the. Nigerian higher education systems to fulfill this responsibility is frequently thwarted by problems of. Young people who do make it through the system still have a long struggle before them, if they are to truly succeed in life. Management of university education in nigeria citeseerx. This crosssectional survey was conducted with 1,416 new patients seen at university of ilorin teaching hospital, ilorin interviewed over a period of 4 weeks to examine the referral system in nigeria. Department of management and accounting ladoke akintola university of technology, ogbomoso, nigeria. Introduction nigeria and nigerians have been caught in the frenzy of centenary celebration. National open university of nigeria national open university of nigeria course guide. This grading system are used for students who have satisfactorily completed their course of study and are as follows. Since its inception in 1948, the university system in nigeria has continued to prepare high level manpower for the survival of the society and the individuals and. Nigerian students had also searched for information on how to calculate cgpa in unilag uniben unilorin and indeed other universities and polytechnics in nigeria. Briggs, emeritus professor, university of port harcourt at a 3day retreat organized for members of the governing council of the rivers state university of science and technology, port harcourt on wednesday 23rd january, 20.
Nigeria is a federal republic with a presidential system. Role of academic planning in nigerian university system. Vocational education it has been said that vocational education and job training is the missing link in nigerias development plan. Problems of education in nigeria and their solutions in. Attainment of stable and crisisfree university system. An analysis grace malachi brown, phd department of history and diplomatic studies faculty of humanities rivers state university of education pmb 5047, rumuolumeni port harcourt, rivers state nigeria. Cit 212 main national open university of nigeria school of. Changing perspectives tn the extended family system in nigeria.
The purpose of this study was to find out the extent to which job security and job. The federal government and the state governments were previously the only bodies licensed to. Jul 20, 2017 role of academic planning in nigerian university system 1. Faculty of education, delta state university, abraka nigeria. Role of academic planning in nigerian university system 1. Nov 02, 2018 it is important to point out that some universities in nigeria have maximum cgpa system of 4. Obafemi awolowo university, ile ife, nigeria 2012 abstract there is no doubt that nigeria as a nation had witnessed a series of educational systems since its birth in.
Vocational education it has been said that vocational education and job training is the missing link in nigeria s development plan. The country has been affected by military coups that. University of lagos became the first two federal universities in nigeria while. The paper aims to discuss the composition of the nigerian university, with the aim of clearly picturing how and why the. The prime of place education occupies in the developmental effort of nations has never been doubted. But there had been dearth of online resources on the latest trend in the. It should also be noted that state governments also finance higher education in nigeria but the magnitude of their finances on higher education varies according to the number of such institutions that are owned by such states. Obafemi awolowo university, ile ife, nigeria 2012 abstract there is no doubt that nigeria as a nation had witnessed a series of educational systems since its birth in 1914. The ministry of education is the one that oversees education system in nigeria. Obafemi awolowo university oau and university of nigeria, nsukka boast of its bestdeveloped ict system in the country with a personal vsat access to the internet and a campus wide intranet services. As i understand it, this retreat with its theme, university. Assessment of the impact of students mode of admission into. Local authorities take responsibility for implementing statecontrolled policy regarding public education and state schools. The new approved grading system is a four 4point grading scale.
Electronic helpdesk support system in tertiary institutions in developing countries a case study of lagos state university, nigeria boluwaji a. To work with nigerian universities to achieve full accreditation status for at least 80% of the academic programmes. Educational system, returns to education, universities. The constitution provides for a separation of powers between the three branches of government. High unemployment among university graduates is also a major problem, but does not appear to be a deterrent to those seeking admission into institutions of higher learning. The paper suggests that despite the way nigeria universities are constituted and managed, noninvolvement of principal officers who manage the operation of the. Assessment of the impact of students mode of admission. Comparative analysis of nigerian educational system. Please note the maximum number of professors you declared for your university for 2017 in the state of university education in nigeria, 2017 in the table below and keep within this number. The use of eassessments in the nigerian higher education system. The challenge of the digital divide facing developing countries needs to be addressed in order that millions. National university commission, nuc has approved grading system for nigeria universities which has started taken effect since 20172018 newly admitted students.
There is no significant relationship between catchment area policy of admission and the quality of university education in nigeria. Sunday reju national open university of nigeria course coordinator afolorunso, a. A critical development planning perspective franklins a. Admission policies and the quality of university education. Abstract education can be effective when it relates to the past, present and future of. Cit 212 course guide iv cit 212 system analysis and design course adapter afolorunso, a. This is a source of financing education in nigeria. Extensive development being a feature of the 19th and 20th centuries, with concentration of economic and administrative decisionmaking in lagos, ibadan, kaduna, jos, and enugu, and high degree of specialization and larger. The role of reward management in organizational performance a case study of university of nigeria nsukka by eze chidinma a. Towards effective management of university education in nigeria. University education in nigeria infonomics society. Pdf nigeria university system statistical digest, chuku.
Nigeria is organised into 36 states and a federal capital territory fct in abuja. This education system was more readily accepted in the south. A comparison of education systems in nigeria and the united. Challenges of quality in higher education in nigeria in the 21 century. The nigerian educational system allocations were 45 percent and 22 percent of the requests respectively. Possible channels to higher education in nigeria national college of education source. The impact of management information system mis on the performance of business organization in nigeria. The system of education in use today in nigeria is the universal basic education ube also known as the 934 system which was introduced to replace the 6334 system of education. Formal education has been accepted over time as being.
Various societies of the world have evolved various forms of education over time. Akpotu2 1department of political science, delta state university, abraka, nigeria. The role of librarians in the development of education in nigeria final report by victoria o. Education in nigeria is overseen by the ministry of education.
In order to confirm this thesis the following hypotheses have been proposed. According to oyesiku 2002, urbanization in nigeria has a long history in its growth and development. Pgmba1160194 in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of master of bachelor in business management mba department of management faculty of business administration university of nigeria enugu campus. Pdf on feb 1, 2015, adeniyi adetunji and others published understanding the nigerian universities management system. Fehnel 2000 in his position paper on strategic planning and the nigeria university system innovation project observed that many vice chancellors now appear willing to consider the use of strategic planning as an important tool in determining how best to revitalize and modernize their institutions. For the purp ose of this study, a descriptive survey was used as the primary source of data collection to investigate. Changing perspectives tn the extended family system in. Imouokhome obayan department of guidance and counselling university of florin, nigeria abstract the extended family system in nigeria had in time past provided support structures for the nigerian people. List of federal universities in nigeria and their school fees. Nigeria s central government has been dominated by instability since declaring independence from. The role and relevance of academic planning in the nigerian university system dogara bashir national water resources institute, kaduna, nigeria lead paper presented at the retreat for members of the governing council and management of kaduna state university, at the university, tafawa balewa way, kaduna on 24th to.
Esteemed vicechancellor, nuc under the able leadership of his academic eminence, professor abubakar adamu rasheed is making history again. Nigerian universities will revert to the fivepoint scale grading system. The government of nigeria recently initiated higher education policy reforms intended to bring its university system more in line with international good practices. You may request your dap to ensure that only genuine professors from your university enrol in the directory. Although nigeria as a nation came into being in 1914, it was not until 1934 that. Education stakeholders worldwide have always sought to know the current nigeria university grading system. To ensure the orderly development of a well coordinated and productive university system that will. With nigerians, the british started a new system whereas in america it was a transplantation of the system. Be a dynamic regulatory agency acting as a catalyst for positive change and innovation for the delivery of quality university education in nigeria. Admission policies and the quality of university education in nigeria n. In all the six universities visited in the course of.
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