Nigeria missing from 2007 World ranking of best 200 universities

For the umpteenth time, no Nigerian university was ranked among the best 200 universities in the 2007 world universities. But the University of Cape Town, South Africa provided a ray of hope for the African continent as it becomes the first institution ever from the continent to be ranked as the 200th best university in the world.
Now in its fourth year, the research is conducted by Quacquarelli Symonds and the rankings are compiled by Times Higher Education Supplement. The report was published late last year.

It revealed some dramatic changes compared with 2006. The THES-QS World University Rankings 2007, the report stated, reflected the internationalisation of higher education around the world, with 27 universities from 14 different countries entering the top 200 for the first time. One of them is the South African university, which shared the 200th position with the RMIT University of Australia.

According to the report, universities from the United Kingdom and the United States of America still dominated the top 10 with Harvard University, Cambridge, Oxford and Yale retaining the top four positions for the second year running.

According to the report, the University College London and Chicago also made the top 10 for the first time.

In the top 50 bracket, the report said the addition of the Netherlands sees 12 countries feature in the top 50 compared to 11 in 2006 (see table below). New entrants include Brown University, Bristol; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Osaka; Boston, Amsterdam.

The top 100 sees the number of Asian universities increase from 12 to 13 in 2006 but the number of European Universities dropped from 41 to 35 in 2006. North American universities, however, increased to 43 from 37 in 2006.

The report added that the increasing internationalisation of universities through strategic global partnerships; joint teaching and research initiatives; and increased international student recruitment activities were major factors that enhanced the rankings of the institutions.

Reacting to the report, the immediate-past Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Peter Okebukola, said that if Nigerian universities must catch up with their counterparts in other climes, they should do have a high proportion of top-rate researchers and teachers, many of whom have won global academic awards such as the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes; a high proportion of international staff not just local indigenous staff; well-built structures for academic, administrative, residential, leisure and sporting activities; staff and students of different nationalities. Other features they must have, he said, include uninterrupted supply of water and electricity; well-mowed lawns; friendly environment for staff; students and visitors, (including the physically challenged); no defacing of walls with posters; and clean, well-maintained toilets.

He added that laboratories, workshops and studios blistering with technology and state-of-the-art equipment; campus-wide Internet connection; delivery of lectures assisted with multimedia technology; weekly assignment for students, marked and academic progress tracked by parents and sponsors should be provided.

Okebukola also noted that calendar for the next five years approved by senate of each institution and implemented without variation should be ensured while no room should be given to cult‘s activities and examination malpractices.

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"Nigeria missing from 2007 World ranking of best 200 universities" ke?
my dear, nigeria wasn't "missing", it just wasn't qualified.
litsen to urself. do u honestly believe any nigerian university stands a chance? with their present state?! puh-lease!