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The level and structure of the educational system will be one of the determinants of the future of the country. Unfortunately, the education system in Nigeria as a whole is really in bad shape. As someone in IT and a background in Computer Science, I have come across quite a number of Computer Science graduates from several Universities in Nigeria that do NOT know jack about computer science/programming. Some actually never used a computer. It's absolutely beyond me how a graduate in computer Science, a field that is very practical/hands-on based, has never done any programming. Bottom line - an IT degree (an a whole lot of other fields) from Nigeria basically means nothing here. They all pretty much have to start from scratch.

sartorius:

@ tpia are u an ifumsite

what's ifumsite.

no, i dont think i am, else i'd know what that means.

Yeske!:

MB;BS Unilorin no dey carry last, so glad to parade that certificate around.

it's ok.

though not as tough as some other ones like ife.

and shouldnt nigeria have universities solely for medical professionals by now?

what kind of slowness is this?

I don't know the medicine they're studying at Ekpoma or Ebonyi State Uni.
These days one has to ask what school your doctor attended sef

I am  afraid , UNIJOS was rated 2nd in the Country this year . NUC Executive Secretary - Julius Okojie really have questions to answer .

tpia@:

it's ok.

though not as tough as some other ones like ife.

who told you so? You did'nt even mention LUTH/CMUL or UCH/CMUI !

most of this schools had problems because of over admitting students.
I think majority of the schools are from the SE mainly because of the importance Igbo people attach to medicine leading to excess pressure on their schools.
Unfortunately although their accreditation has been returned, white man no wan hear dat one

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Im sure some nigerians in the U.K, have even tried to bribe the police here with £10.
Everything substandard.
cant come up with ideas of things to make, cant copy things already being made and lousy.
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Zuha:

Some of the comments on this thread are either sentimental or at best, ignorant. The schools had a problem with accreditation from the medical and dental council of Nigeria because of the population of the students vs lecturer ratio. This happened late last year. As an obligation, the MDCN informed the WHO who de-listed the affected schools.

This problem has been solved and the MDCN website has now been updated. See the MDCN website: http://www.mdcnigeria.org/


The following is a list of currently updated accredited medical schools as obtained from the MDCN website:
   FULLY ACCREDITED MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State
College of Health Sciences,Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki.
College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi Araba, Lagos.
College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State.
College of Health Sciences, University of Port-Harcourt.
College of Health Sciences, Usman Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, Sokoto State.
College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho.
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Kwara State.
College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross River State.
College of Medicine,  Lagos State University, Ikeja, Lagos State.
College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of  Jos.
Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano State.
Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Sagamu, Olabisi Onabanjo (formerly Ogun State) University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State.
College of Medicine, Imo State University, Owerri
College of Health Science, Madonna University Okija
College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City , Edo State.
 Oba Okunade College of Health Sciences Igbinedion University Okada, Benin -City, Edo State.
College of Medicine, University of Nigeria  Enugu Campus. Enugu.
College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi.
Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri.
College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka
College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu
College Of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo


   PARTIALLY ACCREDITED MEDICAL SCHOOLS FOR MEDICAL ONLY

College of Health Sciences, Bigham University Karu, Nasarawa.
College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island
College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi


The WHO website though (http://avicenna.ku.dk/database/medicine/) has not been updated as bad news often makes the headlines quickly but they are very difficult to retract.

A final note. It beats me why and how we are able to introduce tribal hatred into any thread no matter how serious the thread is. If we understand how unpopular Nigeria is outside the borders of Nigeria, we will strive to lift each other whenever any part of us is lacking or found wanting. Nigeria has a very bad image already and it is everyone's fault. Lets work together to dig ourselves out of the shameful hole we've found ourselves in.

Did anyone actually read this response and go through those sources mentioned? Smh
This issue have been settled, it had to do with accreditation. So much ignorance on display here, some are already throwing parties that their schs or alma mater wasnt there, while the usual bigots try to unleash their arsenals.
So much for educated and supposedly intelligent peeps. As sagamit will say, products of failed education system pointing @ others with their filty hands.
Reading through a topic properly is now an uphill task, ppl only read tru d topic n rush to spew rubbish.

NIGERIANS READ!

luvola:

anybody that says lasu isn't a good sch must have smoke weed because i cant see the sch medical college on that list

Nairaland will soon ban you for these your tenses.Have you paid Fashola the N290K?

ferdiii:

Nairaland will soon ban you for these your tenses.Have you paid Fashola the N290K?

hahaha, thank God for luvola, she has graduated, if not she would have paid through her nose!

@Funkymallam and IBB went to Germany.

xezoid:

plz,i'm a graduate of nnamdi azikiwe university,college of health sciences,medical school,plz we jut acquired our own vamed equipments 4 the teaching hospital,though we may b backwards in infrastructure,our medical academics is top-notch,any one saying we 'sort' in our medical schl obvious hasnt been there in recent times,as for the blacklisting of my schl,what are the reasons?

Jonathan and others do not come there for medical treatments.

ferdiii:

@Funkymallam and IBB went to Germany.

And ur point is?
Bros v u read d article? Sure no, u so pathetic!

BUK,UDUTH,Unimaid, Unilag , Ilorin and ABUTH are okAy.

I'm not surprised that UNN is on the list. Their medical school is overpopulated. This might be due to greed or due to reasons best known to VC, Provost or Dean. The origin of the problem can be traced back to the administration of Prof. Ginigeme Mbanefo as the VC. Towards the end of his tenure in 2004, he admitted 440 students into Med/Surg. Half of them failed 1 or more first year courses and have to repeat the session the school rule dictates. They went ahead to incorporate more than 100 through direct entry[i](mostly consultants children)[/i] into an already swollen class, bringing the population to more than 320. Thereafter, roughly 170 medical students who had 2nd MB issues joined the class to bring the population to over 490. They tried unsuccessfully to control the population of the class, but failed. One of the reason being that the class can boast of an array of brilliant students who passes their exams easily. They introduced some stringent measure to control the population of the class by raising the standard. Still it fell short. They resorted to victimisation of student through their subjective clinical exams. The climax of their action resulted in more than 320 candidates being eligible to write 5th MB. Through their crooked means, they squeezed 120 doctors out. Most of their backlog of more than 200 were pushed out during the 5th MB re-sit exam in september 2010. This raised an eyebrow among the officials of MDCN. They intervened and slammed their hammer on the overpopulated class below by withdrawing their accreditation. The irony of the matter is that the set that this matter is traced to have graduated and are either doing their internship or serving. It's really unfortunate that graduates of Lion's republic are immersed in this mess. SMH

I checked both avicenna (for plab) and the nigerian medical and dental council websites, and there's actually no reason for the panicking going on. The suspension is due to overcrowding or overadmitting students.

Its very embarassing to find UNN in particualr on that list- they've had their med school since 1969 or so. Their admission quota is supposed to be about 100 or so- certainly not more than 150 or 180. I just looked it up some minutes ago.

The schools involved can get their accreditation back within 12 months if they follow the original accrediting guidelines.

Most schools have accreditation probs in medicine. My school(ABU) couldn't even admit for med this yr and about half of 200level students may be asked to withdraw despite passing exams. The schools admit too many students. It's not even about corruption in admission, most students are qualified, but the training capacities of the schs are weak due to the lack of facilities. Unilorin seems to have partially overcome some of these problem, though. It's surprising people dont regard schs in d north much but the fact that schs like abu, buk, unimaid, udu didn't make that list suggests uni edu quality may be higher in the north.

tpia@:

what's ifumsite.

no, i dont think i am, else i'd know what that means.

Ife University Medical Student Association

Chartey:

Most schools have accreditation probs in medicine. My school(ABU) couldn't even admit for med this yr and about half of 200level students may be asked to withdraw despite passing exams. The schools admit too many students. It's not even about corruption in admission, most students are qualified, but the training capacities of the schs are weak due to the lack of facilities. Unilorin seems to have partially overcome some of these problem, though. It's surprising people dont regard schs in d north much but the fact that schs like abu, buk, unimaid, udu didn't make that list suggests uni edu quality may be higher in the north.

or that most people in the north don't like to go to school. Hence, there is no 'overcrowding' in their schools!

I tink all  Nig students, NUC, all Nig univ, ASUU, Ministry of Education, Fed Govt need 2sit up and remould the education sector, doe am wondering if it will ever materialize evn wen FGN itself is corrupt.
First, the GMC of UK were NOT explicit with deir reason. if u ask me, I'l say dt majority of deir doc r prob from the blacklistd Univ & dey see it as a serious threat. I am a proud super-lioness (UNN) anyday. UNN Acada is standard&bliv me, we r nt livin on past glory. d only exception is dat same old tins r bein taught(general Nig edu sys problem) we nid 2folo up with current trend. Who says UI's best? cme let me tell u of d gruesome mistk dat led 2d amputation of an infant's upper limb last month, or is it UNILAG mayb wen pop of med grad increase dey'll join d list.lol.UNIBEN, evn with d sickle cell breaktru, is also on d list. Hmmm, it is very fishy 2me anyway.It is a wake up call. COME BACK HOME! we need u here, in Naija!

kikichris:

I tink all  Nig students, NUC, all Nig univ, ASUU, Ministry of Education, Fed Govt need 2sit up and remould the education sector, doe am wondering if it will ever materialize evn wen FGN itself is corrupt.
First, the GMC of UK were NOT explicit with deir reason. if u ask me, I'l say dt majority of deir doc r prob from the blacklistd Univ & dey see it as a serious threat. I am a proud super-lioness (UNN) anyday. UNN Acada is standard&bliv me, we r nt livin on past glory. d only exception is dat same old tins r bein taught(general Nig edu sys problem) we nid 2folo up with current trend. Who says UI's best? cme let me tell u of d gruesome mistk dat led 2d amputation of an infant's upper limb last month, or is it UNILAG mayb wen pop of med grad increase dey'll join d list.lol.UNIBEN, evn with d sickle cell breaktru, is also on d list. Hmmm, it is very fishy 2me anyway.It is a wake up call. COME BACK HOME! we need u here, in Naija!

So because your school, lost its accreditation, you are now trying to pick holes in other schools! Well i can assure you that UNILAG will never fall in that category of schools because despite the fact that UNILAG receives the highest no of applications in the country, the University of Lagos maintains its standard as its not propelled by the greed to collect students fees, so stop beefing! BTW, if u fall ill, don't fail to come by LUTH, we'll be delighted to care u. LOL

it is not unexpected,UNN and uniben should cover their heads in shame,this is what happens when ignorami are in charge of academic affairs.


UNIBEN's greatest export to uk is James Onanaefe IBORI,the man even at the height of his controversial criminal antecedents,the school went on to humour him with the privilege of invitation to deliver a CONVOCATION SPEECH!
This uniben school is so infantile and stupidly-run to the extent that the appointment of the university VC was done in the Oba of Benin's palace based purely on a silly 'benin son of the soil' criteria instead of tested scholarship and administrative/leadership competence.Imagine a university VC appointed on such puerile criteria.


UNN is the most foolish of the first generation unis,imagine the controversial way the school has been doling out professorship apointment.First was Dora Akunyili,who while still holding a political appointment,almost a decade away from scholarly works and the university,got 'promoted' to rank of professor!This same silly school embarrased itself and its alumni by 'dashing' professorship to Mrs Ndi Onyuike-okereke,former NSE-DG,this silly school 'sold' the title to a woman who was never in the employ of the schoolnever lectured or carried out any research work as an academic staff member of the institution and this silly school never bothered to investigate the authenticity of the Phd being bandied by the woman,events later confirmed that the phd can not be substantiated.Yet,the senate of the school kept mum over this serious issue!!
What Late Prof. Jelili Omotola did in UNILAG did not even come close to this,yet all hell was let loose!Even the UNILAG Korean study centre he facilitated was shut down permanently by the University Senate and his tenure technically ended.The man was seriously dealt with by the University senate!This is how matured Universities are run!Nobody will come to UNILAG,OAU or UI and say he is the 'palace candidate for VC' and anybody will take him serious.

The other schools are just remedial centres,they should just keep quiet,that they ve been busy producing killer-doctors all the while did not escape serious nations like UK.

I know my prestigious AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY  will not on d list.

So because your school, lost its accreditation, you are now trying to pick holes in other schools! Well i can assure you that UNILAG will never fall in that category of schools because despite the fact that UNILAG receives the highest no of applications in the country, the University of Lagos maintains its standard as its not propelled by the greed to collect students fees, so stop beefing! BTW, if u fall ill, don't fail to come by LUTH, we'll be delighted to care u. LOL

my dear u miss d point!

Almustee:

I know my prestigious AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY  will not on d list.

When you people attend proper western Universities (not all those college college wey full USA), especially in western and northern Europe, you will know that all those universities in Nigeria, from UNN, to UNILAG to ABU are all massively glorified secondary schools and are nothing to write home about, internationally.

UNN is the most foolish of the first generation unis,imagine the controversial way the school has been doling out professorship apointment.First was Dora Akunyili,who while still holding a political appointment,almost a decade away from scholarly works and the university,got 'promoted' to rank of professor!This same silly school embarrased itself and its alumni by 'dashing' professorship to Mrs Ndi Onyuike-okereke,former NSE-DG,this silly school 'sold' the title to a woman who was never in the employ of the schoolnever lectured or carried out any research work as an academic staff member of the institution and this silly school never bothered to investigate the authenticity of the Phd being bandied by the woman,events later confirmed that the phd can not be substantiated.Yet,the senate of the school kept mum over this serious issue!!


first clarify me dat u r not a lion. den i'll gv u a reply. why in d world r sm of us missing d point! Are we dragging 4 best univ? (as i earlier pointed out). i tink we shd beta concentrate on y such blacklist happend and way 4ward. A wound 2one shd be a wound 2all.whoeva tot Nigerians r 1?!

Bandit C.:

When you people attend proper western Universities (not all those college college wey full USA), especially in western and northern Europe, you will know that all those universities in Nigeria, from UNN, to UNILAG to ABU are all massively glorified secondary schools and are nothing to write home about, internationally.

Abeg, shut-up joorrrrr!

this is ladoke akintola university

Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn.