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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by XTHRONE(m): 8:25pm On May 31, 2019
Spanishmilf:
I don't think you follow brexit [not insulting] if England is out of EU ireland will he d only English speaking country in EU..... English is one of their official language if brexit happens only Ireland and Malta will be the English country
France will suffer for it
Germany will suffer for it
All other EU will suffer for it
(hidden truth) no one want to hear


Forgot matter, they are all colonist, they are all smart, they will fix that, language is least of their worry, the biggest loser will be Britain, that's why they are dragging feet.

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Sonnobax15(m): 8:25pm On May 31, 2019
lexy2014:


So d APC looters have taken over from d PDP looters. We really do have a presido!

www.punchng.com/oshiomhole-once-you-join-the-apc-your-sins-are-forgiven/amp/
My quy wey wor kill me with questions last nyt..
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Spanishmilf(m): 8:26pm On May 31, 2019
olapluto:

I lived in UK for the best part of a decade, but what exactly is your argument?
you are just like twood
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Spanishmilf(m): 8:27pm On May 31, 2019
XTHRONE:



Forgot matter, they are all colonist, they are all smart, they will fix that, language is least of their worry, the biggest loser will be Britain, that's why they are dragging feet.
let just wait and see shaa

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by lexy2014: 8:30pm On May 31, 2019
Sonnobax15:
My quy wey wor kill me with questions last nyt..

My guy wey run when e see question last nyt...
I no even no say na u. How d flekzing?

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:30pm On May 31, 2019
Mk93:

at least you will be term a patriot

E no go better for patriotism.

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by subcbouy: 8:33pm On May 31, 2019
moyinoluwabun:
Buhari Don kill d economy. People wey dey do legit work no see business do, corrupt people sef no see money steal. Where dem wan see money send pikin go UK?
Money collected from mama patience will go a long way for some people in pursuit of their dream schools.

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:33pm On May 31, 2019
kennygee:


E no go better for patriotism.
No be una vote the duara man?
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Sonnobax15(m): 8:34pm On May 31, 2019
lexy2014:

My guy wey run when e see question last nyt... I no even no say na u. How d flekzing?
Everywhere qudt...hw ur syd na??
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:36pm On May 31, 2019
Mk93:

No be una vote the duara man?

God forbid.
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Masterppower: 8:37pm On May 31, 2019
The truth is that BUHARI has killed Nigeria with his ear infection.

So no money to pay for even students in Nigerian universities let alone traveling abroad for studies

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Ndkings1(m): 8:37pm On May 31, 2019
They are now trooping to Germany

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by holuwajobar(m): 8:43pm On May 31, 2019
Gaddafithe2nd:
Na Germany Nigerians dey go too now.
but cost of living is high...
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:44pm On May 31, 2019
kennygee:


God forbid.

Incase you get opportunity comot still keep am for mind say na only this country we get
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:44pm On May 31, 2019
Mk93:

Incase you get opportunity comot still keep am for mind say na only this country we get

Canadian passport ti take over
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by dominique(f): 8:45pm On May 31, 2019
darkelf:


I'm sure the figure they even quoted (39%) is understated. The way people dey run from UK now ehn shocked


True, I won't be surprised if the figure is around 70% sef. Nobody wants to go there anymore

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:45pm On May 31, 2019
Ndkings1:
They are now trooping to Germany
Those going to Germany are mostly illegal migrants
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:45pm On May 31, 2019
Sonnobax15:
Buhari is workinq indeed!...since he came on board,the rate at which those pdp looters used to send their kids abroad to study has eventually and drastically reduced!...WE NOW HAVE A PRESIDO!


This comment makes u look brainless


Did Yusuf and Zara study in Abu Zaria?


Zombies undecided

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by madridsta007(m): 8:45pm On May 31, 2019
chelseaeternity:
From: collinsuchendusblog.com

A recent data by Studying-in-UK.org, a leading information portal about UK higher education system, has shown a steady decline in the enrollment rate of Nigerian students in UK varsities in the past three years. The UK is becoming a less coveted destination for education by Nigerians.



According to the latest report, 10,540 Nigerian students were enrolled in UK universities in the 2017/18 academic year. In the 2012/2013 session, the figure was 17,390, amounting to 39 percent decrease in three years.



Based on the latest official enrollment data about 183 higher education providers in the UK, Studying-in-UK.org discovered that students from former British colonies account for almost 29 percent of all international students, but their number has decreased by 6 percent compared to five years ago.



The report also noted that although the number of Indian students had decreased by 12 percent compared to five years ago, India remains the most popular country of origin for international students coming from former British colonies. During the past academic year, exactly 19,750 Indian students were studying in the UK.



For many years, the UK and the United States have been top study destinations for Nigerians. Reasons for the rush abroad are obvious: The decline in the standard of education in Nigerian varsities and several other factors. Other factors like job prospects after graduation, better opportunities and prestige have fueled the migration of Nigerian students abroad over time. But this is changing.



Many reasons have been advanced for this steady decline in enrollment rate of Nigerians in UK varsities. The Department of Education in the UK recently relaxed its post-study rule for undergraduate and master’s students. Before, international students had to return to their home countries immediately after their studies. Following the recent policy change, they will now be eligible to work for six months post-graduation, while doctoral candidates are eligible to renew their stay for up to one year.



The high cost of studying in the UK is also a crucial factor. This was what discouraged Amiebi, a Nigerian from Rivers State from studying in the UK last year. “For me, the UK is too expensive. That was why I went to India,” Amiebi, who just graduated from the Noida International University in India, told Sahara Reporters.



Agu Onyemaechi, who completed a master’s degree in Environmental Sustainability at the Birmingham City University, United Kingdom, spent roughly £15000 on tuition and living cost in 2014.

If Onyemaechi were to enroll for the same degree now, he would have to pay almost double the amount he spent in 2014 because of the drop in the value of the naira.

Professor Segun Ajibola, the President/Chairman of Council, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, attributed the drop in enrolment rate on the economic downturn which saw a drastic fall of the naira against the dollar and the GBP.

Sharing his views on the issue with Sahara Reporters, Ajibola, who is also the Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Caleb University, maintained that the situation had been made worse because parents sending their children to study in the UK have not witnessed an increase in income.

He said, “Their capability to sponsor their children overseas has reduced significantly because of the foreign exchange rate. The second reason is that in Nigeria, so many private universities are almost of equal standard to British schools in terms of facilities and availability of programs. This has also reduced the attraction to UK varsities.

“Just as the UK has witnessed a reduction in enrolment rate, I am sure that it is the same for the US and other parts of Europe if the records are confirmed. Prospective college students are encouraged to stay back home. If it costs you N5m per annum to sponsor your child abroad, now it will cost you around N10m to do so. Where do you get the N10m? This is because your income as a parent income has not increased by a similar proportion in the last couple of years.”

Ajibola lamented that the rush for education abroad was seriously affecting the Nigerian economy.

The don called for more funding of Nigerian universities.

He added, “This is a challenge to the Nigerian government to improve the quality of educational services in Nigerian in order to discourage the migration to Europe, Africa and American schools. The less it happens, the better for us in Nigeria economically.

“The conditions in these European countries are becoming tougher, stricter and less conducive. Before, in some European countries, the attraction was that if you studied there, you could stay back and work but some countries are discouraging this. Nigerian graduates out there are struggling with the fact that they have to go back to their country after their studies. Where are the jobs in Nigeria? Is it not better to slug it out at home rather than spend so much acquiring education abroad only to return home to face unemployment?”


Source: https://www.collinsuchendusblog.com/2019/05/nigerian-students-enrollment-in-uk.html?m=1


When you have a President with a PhD and keen on education, partnering and collaborating with stronger economies on education will obviously grow.

When you have a President who does not know how to express himself, he will not only cancel PRESSID, but ensure that he destroys education at all levels.

Come on, Nigerians, let us stop this pretense. We should start to tell ourselves the truth.

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:48pm On May 31, 2019
kennygee:


Canadian passport ti take over
Nobody hold you na.
Make una no run come back when we don get am right. We go just donate una to Zimbabwe

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by selemo: 8:49pm On May 31, 2019
Teewhy2:
English Pounds is too expensive to be paying school fees with it, also after leaving school you are not guarantee a work visa so why spend more.
Because no one want to associate with black souls...NEVER..
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:49pm On May 31, 2019
Nigerians should boycott the UK



Scammers. .

Blow millions and come back empty handed to ridicule oif you don't have strong backgrounds

Anyone considering UK education now is not informed

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:50pm On May 31, 2019
Mk93:

Nobody hold you na.
Make una no run come back when we don get am right. We go just donate una to Zimbabwe

If Zimbabwe never pass una by then abi?
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Rolandonyi: 8:50pm On May 31, 2019
Buhari Don kill d economy. People wey dey do legit work no see business do, corrupt people sef no see money steal. Where dem wan see money send pikin go UK?

Stupidity at it's peak. What are doing overseas with over 200 private universities. Why wasting the money making the white man economy to blossom later they call you monkey.

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by Nobody: 8:52pm On May 31, 2019
It changes nothing. It only shows that our people have discovered other destinations to source for knowledge...

Our education is already on ground zero, because most of our curricula are outdated and sometimes as student, I wondered why a lecturer will be asking us same questions some 10 to 20 sets before us did in a particular course. No creativity, nothing. Just copy and paste.

If our dear minister of education will be proud to post on Facebook, a picture of himself attending his son's convocation in the UK, it goes to show that the situation seems irredeemable. Of course, it is. It's just that we don't know what we are doing in this part of the world.

Every penny paid as school fee by students outside their shore is enriching the recipient country. Is it not time we stopped enriching already wealthy countries.

An average Nigerian graduate from federal or state owned universities (excluding graduates from private institutions) face so much societal pressure. Especially those whose parents ain't so lettered. The moment you told them you are done from school, they expect you to start bringing something. Even if you haven't secure any form of employment. They don't realize these guys needs to go steps further.

This pressure contributes in no small measure to the increase rate of suicide amongst young folks. For those whose parents are lettered, the situation might be a bit different.


Many of those guys being paraded by EFCC are graduates, they venture into internet fraud just to measure up. No justification for crime though, tough times don't last tough people do.

The ones whom we dubbed celebrities are faking everything, from posing with another man's properties to taking pictures- selfie in another's car just to show off. Fake backside, fake boob, fake hair, fake education, fake everything.....

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Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by selemo: 8:52pm On May 31, 2019
donogaga:
They are too hostile. I saw it coming.


Destination Canada.

Canada is a Far better option.
Africa is more hostile...
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by selemo: 8:54pm On May 31, 2019
Mk93:

bring the brain you got to your country and do something that will impact Nigerians na. the aim of studying abroad is only to escape this $hit-hole?
i love that..
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by wristbangle: 8:57pm On May 31, 2019
kennygee:


E no go better for patriotism.

Madam, easy o
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by lomprico(m): 9:06pm On May 31, 2019
Terrorist buhari is responsible
Re: Nigerian Students Enrollment In UK Universities Dropped By 39% Over Last 3 Years by RTSC: 9:06pm On May 31, 2019
madridsta007:



When you have a President with a PhD and keen on education, partnering and collaborating with stronger economies on education seewill obviously grow.

When you have a President who does not know how to express himself, he will not only cancel PRESSID, but ensure that he destroys education at all levels.

Come on, Nigerians, let us stop this pretense. We should start to tell ourselves the truth.
That PRESSID thing is still paining me till today.
My sister won it under Jonathan and traveled out.

I was supposed to be the beneficiary, but I applied for her instead because I was working.

When I was ready to apply, buhari came in and cancelled it.

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