dell_net:

@yuzedo I believe the OP means the process of studying not what you get at the end.

kcjazz:

Well abroad you deal with study alone, infact you can get loans for school. In Nigeria, you deal with cultism, PHCN, strikes, evil lecturers and inadequate facilities. You need tough skin to succeed. Plus you have AC or heater in your classrooms, most Nigeria schools have no windows in their hostels. Massive fearless rats and mosquitoes thrive all day.

Its not a curriculum issue, it the other non-curricular issue which makes it tough.

OjaP:

This thread is timely, i think it came at a time when i am sick all due to stress from assignments,midterms,research etc. My friends who work on campus hardly work 10hrs out of the 20hrs given them a week,they don't even have time to go to work because of their academic work . I was already doing my Masters in a federal university in Nigeria before i came into the USA for my Masters.So,i think i am in a god position to compare. [b]Naija education is easy, you wont have to write any paper, no loads of assignments, no practicals. And if you are lucky to write a single paper in 2years in Naija, lol.No Prof will check if you plagiarize as they cross check everything you write here.[/b]It is not easy at all.As i am talking ,i have four different assignments to turn in before tomorrow and i also have to study for my finals starting next week and also work in the laboratory on my research work.So,where is the time?? May God help us all.

America education is not easy at all.

kcjazz:

Well abroad you deal with study alone, infact you can get loans for school. In Nigeria, you deal with cultism, PHCN, strikes, evil lecturers and inadequate facilities. You need tough skin to succeed. Plus you have AC or heater in your classrooms, most Nigeria schools have no windows in their hostels. Massive fearless rats and mosquitoes thrive all day.
Its not a curriculum issue, it the other non-curricular issue which makes it tough.

OjaP:

This thread is timely, i think it came at a time when i am sick all due to stress from assignments,midterms,research etc. My friends who work on campus hardly work 10hrs out of the 20hrs given them a week,they don't even have time to go to work because of their academic work . I was already doing my Masters in a federal university in Nigeria before i came into the USA for my Masters.So,i think i am in a god position to compare. Naija education is easy, you wont have to write any paper, no loads of assignments, no practicals. And if you are lucky to write a single paper in 2years in Naija, lol.No Prof will check if you plagiarize as they cross check everything you write here.It is not easy at all.As i am talking ,i have four different assignments to turn in before tomorrow and i also have to study for my finals starting next week and also work in the laboratory on my research work.So,where is the time?? May God help us all.

America education is not easy at all.

nethacker:

Correct me if i'm wrong,i have always argued with my friends in Nigerian universities if we are to compare US and 9ja education in terms of stress,assignments,exams etc 9ja can't stand US.But for those that haven't been here to experience it, they think otherwise.

U can contribute if u hv d experience  

agabaI23:

If you have loads to do and have the resources to do them, you only need time management to pull it off. then you will still come out better equipped.

The stress is worse when you have only one assignment in two weeks and yet you are not able to log into any database to get info you end up copying wikipedia.

I met a master's student who wrote up an assignment with web info like you get from Netdoctor and wikipedia and he thought there was no need for any references.

Studying abroad is easier and easier and easier unless your 20 hours work is more important to you than your academic accomplishment.

Lecturers want you to pass they do not want you to fail.
They give tutorials before exams and tell you how to answer questions.
Structure of questions are the same and they repeat questions every year so you fail because you are careless.

No comparison at alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!

comechop:

Your mileage may vary. It all depends on your institution and course of study really.
Structures of questions are def not the same in my institution, hell we dont even get past questions, and no they dont repeat qustions.
Tutorials? the only ones you'll get are from study group w your peers or random office hours with your prof.
It is true tho that lecturers/the school want you to pass, and they'll usually give you the resources to do that.

2good:

Guys I'm sure studying abroad is harder than stydying in Nigeria because every professor is not bothered how many assignments you have already from other courses and just keep on dolling out more assignments. The lab work is another problem, papers to present are so much and here in TU Delft, you write exam 4 times in a year as against Nigeria 2 times in a year. No break after 1st exam. You finish exam on friday and resume for a new quater(four quaters make an academic year) next monday and the lecture just keep pouring in. Also it is not cram and pour system but U have to understand basic principles of your courses because exams are based on application but alot of Nigerians have a wrong impression about the stress in the education here.
I can confirm that education abroad is more difficult.

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omo9ja1:

Study environment/resources  is Nigeria is less than the one in advance Country, I work in secondary School in UK, and what I saw there compare to our secondary school in Nigeria in my secondary school days in Nigeria, advance Country have better way to deliver lesson and resources to student compare to Nigeria, But on the other hand its very expensive to study abroad compare to Nigeria.

one of the thing I learn abroad is that the education system prepares you for real world, I remember  when I finish my year one my tutor ask us to write a business plan that if he present it to a bank manager he will walk out of the bank with cash.