bushdoc9919:
Because .....no MONEY.

Most of the top universities in the world have lots of money.Money is the root of all evil. It is also what buys you top class facilties, funds research, funds nice libraries,funds nice student digs, funds all those top class sports facilities (the other day, an American college spent 77million dollars on sports facilities.)....and gets you good lecturers.(Lots of the staff at Harvard are Nobel Laureates. Think they came cheap?).

And all those top universities don't come cheap. You pay high fees....up to thousands of dollars every year...to access that top class education (If you are poor need based aid comes in,but that's another tale).

In Nigeria, most universities are lucky to see $10million every year (UCLA sees $250million, Norway' s second largest sees $800million). And government runs most of these universities on limited funding. And fees are kept low.

This leaves many universities looking like malnourished kwashiorkor victims (OK...hyperbole). And we cannot find extra cash for them because your govt has run out of money thanks to our oil dependent economy. And corruption messes things up too....but even if that went, we would still have just a little extra. And we do not have enough lecturers.

So...no money...means no facilities, no books...nothing.

If you want to be in the top 100, even 1000...

1.Privatise the universities. We have no choice.

2.Increase fees.(and taxes) Again no choice.

3.Need based grants for poor students,payable over decades.

4.If 1-3 are not palatable....pray that Buhari finds N10trillion in the next five years just for universities (This years budget for Nigeria was N4 trillion). Or pray we get a diversified economy so that we have the cash

5.If 1-3 are palatable...then redirect funding to the primary, secondary and technical education. We need more technicians really.And it is not a shameful job as some Nigerians think it is.

Sorry Nigerians....but while we need to beat corruption....we also have to make the hard choices.We do not have the money. It costs N150000 yearly to train a undergraduate. Do you have the money?

skultrick:

The University of Witwatersrand in South Africa was the highest ranked university in Africa which ranked 149th followed by Mansoura University in Egypt which emerged 988th.

geedot:

Just check the list of all the schools that made the top1000(imagine just two African Universities made it)

Hitter:
Due to
1.Strike
2.Toilet : If you no wake early baff na so you go just dey jump shiit up and down

neoapocalypse:


Actually 10 made it , 5 from South Africa , 4 from Egypt and 1 from Uganda.

skultrick:
In a latest university ranking by the Center For World University Ranking Show, none of Nigeria numerous universities made at least the first 1000 best universities in the world.

The ranking was done by the Centre for World University Rankings show.The center uses eight objective indicators to rank the world’s top 1,000 universities which are quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, publications, influence, citations, broad impact and patents.

The United States of America has eight universities in the top 10.

Harvard University is ranked first while Stanford University ranked second, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technolog as third.

University of Cambridge came forth while the University of Oxford was ranked fifth.

The University of Witwatersrand in South Africa was the highest ranked university in Africa which ranked 149th followed by Mansoura University in Egypt which emerged 988th.

In an earlier ranking done by Journals Consortium, only one Nigerian university made it to the list of top 10 African universities.

Nigeria’s University of Ibadan beaten by six South African schools was ranked eight on the list.

The Center for World University Rankings publishes the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students, as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without relying on surveys and university data submissions.


Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/latest-ranking-no-nigeria-university-in-top-1000-universities-in-the-world/

frinx:
How many ground breaking discovery has any Nigerian Uni find?


World ranking was not a shocker.

skultrick:
In a latest university ranking by the Center For World University Ranking Show, none of Nigeria numerous universities made at least the first 1000 best universities in the world.

The ranking was done by the Centre for World University Rankings show.The center uses eight objective indicators to rank the world’s top 1,000 universities which are quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, publications, influence, citations, broad impact and patents.

The United States of America has eight universities in the top 10.

Harvard University is ranked first while Stanford University ranked second, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technolog as third.

University of Cambridge came forth while the University of Oxford was ranked fifth.

The University of Witwatersrand in South Africa was the highest ranked university in Africa which ranked 149th followed by Mansoura University in Egypt which emerged 988th.

In an earlier ranking done by Journals Consortium, only one Nigerian university made it to the list of top 10 African universities.

Nigeria’s University of Ibadan beaten by six South African schools was ranked eight on the list.

The Center for World University Rankings publishes the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students, as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without relying on surveys and university data submissions.


Source: http://nigeriainfohub.com/latest-ranking-no-nigeria-university-in-top-1000-universities-in-the-world/

Taylor86:
wetin concern me

wetin i know be say i don graduate

we already have Buhari . You can go back home to help in the CHANGE reform

kobonaire:
LOL, here we are debating which college has a more superior collegiate sports program whereas the schools of our fatherland are very unfortunately struggling to keep up with the rest of the world academically.... our leaders have really f*** shït up

Ibsgal:


Well, it's difficult to make any ground breaking discovery when there's no money to fund research.

frinx:


Not every research needs huge funding u know? Even an idea that could change a problem in society would go a long way..
Our uni re mostly based of teaching methods of a previous century, lecturers that cannot stimulate the minds of their student to think beyond the usual, too many theories and little practical..
Thats why our graduate are unemployable.

frinx:


Not every research needs huge funding u know? Even an idea that could change a problem in society would go a long way..
Our uni re mostly based of teaching methods of a previous century, lecturers that cannot stimulate the minds of their student to think beyond the usual, too many theories and little practical..
Thats why our graduate are unemployable.

ilobasama:
Bros UK, canada. Go find out

bushdoc9919:


You are right....not every research needs money.

And you are right....lecturers need some improving

But....a lot of research, especially post-graduate research, postdoctoral research does need a lot of money.

Ever wonder why Nigerian unis cannot research cures into malaria? Because it costs lots of money to do a RCT trial that would validate your cure(and we have not talked about animal studies,phase I and phase 2 trials).

Inasmuch as people can do much on little....Nigerian unis still need money. Lots of it.

Adaahjacob:
Issokay.

I know we are getting there.

Thank God for d coming of Baba Buhari.

10yrs ago, Nigeria was not at this level at which she has reached. With d mercies of God, years ahead will

Shall see better changes.