thoollz:
But you is this government always bent on frustrating the masses. What kind of minister is this? You are not saying anything about improving d institutions, curbing strikes, archaic lecturers, but instead u want to add to the time wasting. I wonder who advises these guys. Improve d educational sector and stop saying rubbish.

Someone that studied for 4 or 5 yrs, will extend his education for a year, please tell me what difference will it make? These people are just too dumb.

HigherEd:
My own university, Covenant uni protested to NUC as regards NUCs mathematics curriculum(2007) being severely outdated and then decided to go with the 'new' 2014 curriculum created by NUC. Only to be told by NUC that the 2014 curriculum was just a recommendation and that CU must revert to 2007 just as every other Nigerian uni, which is outdated. Even the so called 2014 is outdated not to talk of 2007, yet govt wants industry relevant graduates.

Many private universities have queried a situation where a Computer Science student is compelled to take Physical Chemistry in 100 level while counterparts in the UK go straight to the point... I think its high time govt allows academic freedom and let each university determine its own path and stop this nonsense of creating a central curriculum.

DonroxyII:

Mehn, See fast fingers every where oooo ...... we dey compete ni



Onto the matter sha,

It is not the number of years that one spend in school that matters but the quality of education we are receiving , as far as our lecturers keep using the same old and odd notes my uncles used during their own time , the quality of our education shall be old and outdated !!!

Only graduates who developed themselves out of the box shall thus become employable but if u stick to that modules in your school, you will remain dejected !!!

Immediately after I graduated from Unilorin , I served alongside some guys from University of Manchester ..... We were all commercial/social science students. I swear to God, when these guys were recanting their experience as undergraduate students and I compared with mine, I was world apart from them. Its exactly the same as difference between UK and Nigeria

What were they ranting?


I looked at myself and said, these are the calibres of guys I would be competing with in the Job market ....,

Nobody teaches me before I enter Google and YouTube and many Professional sites as well as other professionals to retrain myself beyond whatever my school has given me !!!


So, Professor Awukah abi wetin, A Nigerian Professor with such a proposal of extra years is suffering from Buharism

What we need is more practical and entrepreneurship ...... All science/engineering students should carry out more practicals thus , their laboratory should be world class while all social science/art/humanities and management students should go out there and do internship and report their experience back to their various department from 100L-400/500L

Exactly!

A political science student should intern with National/State House of Assembly members as well as other politicians instead using THUGs being P.A ......

You have a point here

I too sabi pass Anwukah sef

bentlywills:
4 years
5 years
6 years for some courses no do una na extra one year go make the students better than what the have been


What are the smoking over there in Abuja

SammieJayh:


Yes, and will the special institutions be able to cater for the thousands of students that graduate yearly?