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Xris74
Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« on: August 06, 2007, 09:54 PM »
Imagine that a country like Somalia has a better university than Nigeria. Our unis are all nominal in nature. No real substance.

http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa
Xris74
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #1 on: August 06, 2007, 10:11 PM »
What is my business with Igbo university? Thank God I never studied in any Nigerian university. I have always thought that you are an idiot. Now you have confirmed that. Thus, I can't be seen corresponding with you. Never again, lest you contaminate me with your idiocy. Is Ijaw university (if you have any) on the list? You are such a pathetic loser.
babyosisi (f)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #2 on: August 06, 2007, 10:13 PM »
The guy is a moron.
Everyone know that
babyosisi (f)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #3 on: August 06, 2007, 10:17 PM »
In an Ijaw thread,he confessed he couldn't even speak his Ijaw language.
A Nigerian living in Nigeria and cannot speak,understand read or write his own language.
what a disgrace even to the noble people of the Ijaw race.
You need to be captured and tortured by your militant men on speed boats Grin
until you speak it by force.

ewu kolokuma Grin
Xris74
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #4 on: August 06, 2007, 10:20 PM »
Universities 1 to 100 of 100 (July 2007) Last week
         
CONTINENT RANK UNIVERSITY COUNTRY WORLD RANK   
         
1   UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN  380   

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2   RHODES UNIVERSITY  658   

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3   UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND  679   

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4   UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA  702   

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5   STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY  714   

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6   UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE  1,181   

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7   UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   1,449   

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8   UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA  1,501   

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9   UNIVERSITE DE LA REUNION  1,583   

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10   AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO  1,704   

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11   NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY  2,517   

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12   UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE  2,628   

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13   CAIRO UNIVERSITY  3,293   

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14   INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORMATION DES MAITRES DE LA REUNION  3,397   

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15   UNIVERSITE CHEIKH ANTA DIOP DE DAKAR  3,487   

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16   UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS  3,489   

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17   UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG  3,645   

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18   UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE  3,692   

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19   ARAB ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND MARITIME TRANSPORT  3,706   

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20   UNIVERSITE CADI AYYAD  3,951   

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21   UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM  3,981   

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22   UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA  4,008   

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23   UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI  4,268   

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24   UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE  4,343   

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25   MANSOURA UNIVERSITY  4,392   

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26   UNIVERSITE ABDELMALEK ESSADI  4,539   

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27   POLYTECHNIC OF NAMIBIA  4,600   

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28   ECOLE MOHAMMADIA D'INGENIEURS  4,623   

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29   EGERTON UNIVERSITY  4,643   

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30   AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY IFRANE   4,722   

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31   INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VETERINAIRE HASSAN II  4,807   

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32   UNIVERSITY OF BENIN  4,904   

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33   TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY  4,974   

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34   ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY  4,988   

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35   AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY  5,062   

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36   UNIVERSITE ABOU BEKR BELKAID TLEMCEN  5,098   

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37   STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY NAIROBI  5,157   

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38   UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA  5,361   

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39   GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO  5,374   

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40   MOGADISHU UNIVERSITY  5,409   

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41   NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY  5,500   

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42   UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM  5,541   

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43   UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE  5,546   

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44   ECOLE DU PATRIMOINE AFRICAIN  5,828   

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45   UNIVERSITE DE BATNA  5,913   

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46   UNIVERSITY OF GHANA  5,934   

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47   UNIVERSITE DE OUAGADOUGOU  5,957   

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48   UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND  6,022   

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49   NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA  6,058   

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50   FACULTE DES SCIENCES RABAT  6,074   

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51   UNIVERSITY OF BURAO  6,150   

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52   ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY  6,180   

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53   MAKERERE UNIVERSITY  6,189   

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54   ASSIUT UNIVERSITY  6,197   

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55   AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY  6,215   

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56   UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA  6,217   

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57   ECOLE SUPERIEURE PRIVEE D'INGENIERIE ET DE TECHNOLOGIES  6,324   

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58   ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'INFORMATIQUE ET D'ANALYSE DES SYSTEMES ENSIAS  6,544   

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59   AL AZHAR AL-SHARIF ISLAMIC RESEARCH ACADEMY  6,562   

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60   CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY  6,570   

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61   AFRICAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY  6,678   

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62   UNIVERSITE D'ALGER  6,680   

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63   MANGOSUTHU TECHNIKON  6,712   

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64   UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI  6,719   

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65   UNIVERSITE DJILLALI LIABES  6,785   

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66   VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY  6,835   

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67   UNIVERSITE VIRTUELLE DE TUNIS  6,862   

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68   UNIVERSITE M'HAMED BOUGARA DE BOUMERDES  6,874   

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69   UNIVERSITE MOHAMMED PREMIER OUJDA  6,877   

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70   AMOUD UNIVERSITY  6,915   

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71   MOI UNIVERSITY  6,979   

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72   MONASH UNIVERSITY SOUTH AFRICA  7,001   

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73   KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY  7,030   

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74   KIGALI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY  7,035   

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75   SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY  7,043   

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76   UNIVERSITE DE NOUAKCHOTT  7,082   

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77   FACULTE DES SCIENCES TETOUAN  7,093   

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78   UNIVERSITE SENGHOR D'ALEXANDRIE  7,115   

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79   MINUFIYA UNIVERSITY  7,137   

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80   ECOLE NATIONALE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS  7,207   

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81   UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN  7,217   

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82   GARYOUNIS UNIVERSITY  7,311   

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83   INSTITUT NATIONAL DE FORMATION EN INFORMATIQUE  7,319   

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84   UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND  7,321   

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85   ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE D'ALGER  7,326   

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86   SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE  7,343   

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87   UNIVERSITE CHOUAIB DOUKKALI  7,480   

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88   UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE HOUARI BOUMEDIENE  7,535   

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89   CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY  7,569   

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90   ECOLE SUPERIEURE MULTINATIONALE DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS  7,572   

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91   UNIVERSITE HASSAN II AIN-CHOCK  7,595   

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92   UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D'ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF  7,615   

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93   UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY  7,623   

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94   INSTITUT DE FORMATION EN TECHNOLOGIE ALIMENTAIRE  7,638   

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95   ASHESI UNIVERSITY  7,655   

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96   INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'INFORMATION ET DE LA COMMUNICATION  7,664   

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97   JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY  7,689   

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98   FACULTE DE MEDECINE & PHARMACIE  7,692   

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99   UNIVERSITE SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH FES   7,731   

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100   HELWAN UNIVERSITY  7,756   

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babyosisi (f)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #5 on: August 06, 2007, 10:29 PM »
I went to Benin and so what?
babyosisi (f)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #6 on: August 06, 2007, 10:31 PM »
who cares what university is ranked where,not as though Benin even got a pass mark.
please comot for road jare
debosky (m)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #7 on: August 06, 2007, 10:36 PM »
what is the criteria for such ratings? is it publications, number of PHD's, faculty to student ratio, research funding or what?

any sule, kweku and tatinda can sit down and draw up rankings as they please, and I am pretty certain they did not go and visit all those institutions before making the rankings.
k0be
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #8 on: August 06, 2007, 10:38 PM »
babyshishi, I beg to differ o.  Prestige definitely plays an important role when determining one's univeristy of choice.
k0be
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #9 on: August 06, 2007, 10:42 PM »
not just prestige, popularity as well.
babyosisi (f)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #10 on: August 06, 2007, 10:47 PM »
Quote from: k0be on August 06, 2007, 10:38 PM
babyshishi, I beg to differ o. Prestige definitely plays an important role when determining one's univeristy of choice.

bia address her highness properly o
I have people that'll take you down Grin Grin
But seriously these rankings,in my nation Nigeria mean absolutely nothing
Xris74
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #11 on: August 06, 2007, 10:48 PM »
University ratings are made annually. Thus, a university that rates 1 this year may rate 2 next year. These ratings are based on number of publications from researchers in each university; quality of the research; number of PhD graduates churned out per year; jobs obtained by PhD graduates from these universities, which is an indication of the quality of the PhD degree obtained; presence in the ww web (adverstise your university to the world) and other considerations. How many Naija unis have functional and standard websites? So you see why Nigeria does poorly consistently: Lack of funding by the government.

This completely explains why big companies in Nigeria prefer foreign universities-trained Nigerians than those trained in Nigerian universities.
babyosisi (f)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are Poorly Rated In Africa
« #12 on: August 06, 2007, 10:55 PM »
they are busy arresting women in trousers and mini skirts
research and good education is at the bottom of the agenda
Xris74
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #13 on: August 06, 2007, 11:11 PM »
Find a typical example of the yearly changes (where one uni displaces the other) in ranking in the site below 
           
http://www.webometrics.info/premierleague.asp
debosky (m)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #14 on: August 06, 2007, 11:20 PM »
the rankings are based on web visibility and the number of published articles you can get from search engines and the like, and number of online courses and so on, that is a good measure of 'web presence/popularity' but cannot be a good judge of the true quality of a university. obviously, with higher internet access amongst other things the SA univeristies come up tops, the rankings are not of much use if you ask me.
Xris74
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #15 on: August 07, 2007, 06:41 AM »
If you publish quality research in good international journals, you get noticed easily. What will many Nigerian universities publish? Effect of fertilizer on corn growth in Aba, Benin, Abeokuta etc? (lol) published at the journal of Oshodi science?

Nigerian research (say in the field of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth sciences, Biotechnology, Medicine etc, is way off the mark.

Type in a notable Nigerian prof (living and working in Nigeria at the moment) in any of the academic search engines and see what you find for many of them. Shame.
oasis231 (m)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #16 on: August 07, 2007, 05:53 PM »
Hi,

West Coast University is offering admission for prospective students into professional courses.
You can check for more information on the school’s website at: www.westcoastuniversitynigeria-edu.org

All the best.
RichyBlacK (m)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #17 on: August 08, 2007, 05:46 PM »
This ranking by webometrics is an indirect measure, i.e., it utilizes "web presence" as a key measure for ranking universities. This hyper modern technique deviates from classical techniques which emphasis factors such as:
  • peer assessment
  • quality of education
  • student selectivity
  • quality of faculty
  • faculty resources
  • research output
  • graduation rate and performance
  • size of institution
  • financial resources
  • alumni giving
  • retention rate

Such traditional criteria (e.g., as listed) are used by older and arguably more established ranking outfits like the US News & World Report (http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php), Academic Ranking of World Universities (http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005TOP500list.htm), and Guardian University Guide (http://education.guardian.co.uk/universityguide2008/0,,2027789,00.html).

The argument can also be made that, in today's information age, "web presence" correlates highly with some of the listed criteria, however, such an argument is unlikely to be true for some if not many of those criteria.
debosky (m)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #18 on: August 09, 2007, 03:15 AM »
Thanks for elucidating the point I was trying to make - the mere absence/ small size of an online presence is not a good enough judge of a university

there is far more that makes a university good/highly ranked. not to discount the point that our universities are in bad shape, we need investment in the sector really urgently, but not only in cosmetic areas like putting up a nice website without true functionality or offering lots of online courses of no benefit to anyone. we need applicable and directed improvement of our schools to jump start our economy and knowledge base growth
RichyBlacK (m)
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #19 on: August 10, 2007, 10:16 PM »
@debosky, you're welcome.

In addition to the points you raised, many of the top class graduates from our Nigerian universities are ignored by the government (and many in the private sector). Top schools in the UK, US and Canada aggressively seek out such graduates and offer them admissions (most times with some form of financial aid). They finish their studies and remain in those Western countries. Nigeria has lost so many top brains this way, and they hardly ever come back. In a system where higher education is encouraged, these graduates (especially those with advanced degrees like PhDs) would be encouraged to come back to Nigeria so as to take over from the retiring set of Nigerian professors. What is happening now is that, unlike before, most foreigners are not interested in teaching in Nigerian universities. Likewise, most Nigerians aren't interested either. So, how are we going to replace the retiring Nigerian professors?
50kobo
Re: Nigerian Universities Are very Poorly Rated In Africa
« #20 on: August 10, 2007, 10:34 PM »
Quote from: babyosisi on August 06, 2007, 10:55 PM
they are busy arresting women in trousers and mini skirts
research and good education is at the bottom of the agenda


exactment, we have many other serious issues in this country, but some people choose to turn a blind eye and focus on unnecessary issues.  Our educational system is in shamblessss, imagine the best uni in  Nigeria is number 4904! thank God that we Nigerians are naturally talented if not our average IQ would have been less than a drunken fish if left to the educational institution!!  i am just soo upset with this country! too many problems! we are messing up big time!
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