₦airaland Forum

Ryota: Mickey/ben pls break it off.don't start let's not fight pls.evenin everyone.my oga them way dey for house i throw salute.

benromeo39: even a blind man knows a dubbed write-up. It's a good thing I'm known for my grammatical fluency and prowess in the art of constructing arrow-headed syntax. Believe what u want, bye.

benromeo39: thanks. Bro.

benromeo39: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

The demand for higher education in Nigeria, particularly at the university level, has outgrown what the system can cope with less than 20 percent of those who pass the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Examinations admitted each year to university. Those left out scramble for places in polytechnics, while those who could not gain admission into universities or polytechnics then try their hands at colleges of education. In Nigeria, a greater percentage of those students who left secondary schools wanted to gain admission to one university or the other. Thus, making the admission to the universities too rigid.
Going by the above, Nigerian government in an attempt to ameliorate the suffering of these potential students therefore introduced the private higher education bill through an amendment decree in 1993. This decree stipulates the categories of people, aside from governments, that can establish and own private higher education in Nigeria. The bill served as a time bomb for missionaries, private individuals, government and groups of individuals who now took advantage of it to establish their own higher educational institutions. One major concern is how these higher institutions of learning would be able to abide by the quality control mechanisms put in place by the National Universities Commission to achieve quality education. Some of these are qualified personnels, facilities that could aid learning, financial capability of the owner, students’ discipline and a host of other quality control mechanisms. Based on the above premise, therefore, the paper intends to examine some of these quality mechanisms with a view to providing quality higher education in Nigeria via the production of quality graduates. This article will be of immense importance to the educational administrators, educational planners and all the stakeholders in education in Nigeria.

No quibbles, education should be a priority not an option, how do we expect to compete in the world market, if our young people cannot get a decent, consistent and thorough education? They will vote with their feet and go elsewhere. No wonder there is a proliferation of private universities in Nigeria. Problem with that is that only the rich can afford to go to these inflated establishments. So, the gulf between the classes will continue to widen and impact seriously on the future of Nigeria and in all area of economics and  development.It is going to create more unrest, fuel more resentment and about time the government stop pontificating and invest in our public universities.
The impasse is not isolated to these young people, it affects families who have practically invested financially. Their lives also are put on hold; the community is robbed of young men and women and the country well, a lot of  money and  manpower is  lost. Billions of Naira is siphoned due to the delay, it is a very big problem in the full scheme of things and I don’t think that the powers that be, fully  grasps the dire implications of their inertia.
The education of our young people should be a priority not an option. Those in government should know they would not have had an education if the public universities in their day, was not available or accessible to many.
How soon they forget, many would not hold high office and now they deny that opportunity to ordinary Nigerians.
The government of Nigeria recently initiated higher education policy reforms intended to bring its university system more in line with international good practices. The reforms promote increased institutional autonomy, greater system differentiation, strengthened governance, and mechanisms for quality assurance. They seek to create a more flexible and responsive system of university teaching and research that, over time, will contribute increasingly to national innovation capacities, productivity gains, and economic growth. This paper reports on the current status of higher education in Nigeria and reviews the country's new policy initiatives in this context. The discussion gives particular attention to issues of access, teaching/learning, finance, and governance/management.
Furthermore, Fraternities and Confraternities explained simply is a brotherhood, They exist to foster brotherhood, collect aspirations and pursue noble goals providing platforms with opportunities for active participation building. Fraternities encouraged in our higher institutions are suppose to promote active intellectualism with demand for a lifetime of sacrifice for the sake of humanity.

cultism and violence

The term cultism which is mostly used in our institutions seems to have sadly lost their founders ways derailing from a Benigan cult (i.e. the good guys) to a destructive cult (i.e. the bad guys). They engage in physical violence either on self or others and are suspected to engage in rituals and quasi-ritual practices. They are now marked with shame and have become secret as no legal system supports them and their activities. Some of the names that comes to mind when cultism in our higher institutions of learning is mentioned are:-The Pyrites confraternity, The Buccaneer confraternity, Eiye confraternity, Neo-Black Movement of Africa, Vikings, The Mafia, Daughters of Jezebel, Black Braziers, Mgba Mgba, Amazon.
The security bodies are striving hard to curb these insurgents and lackadaisical no-goods in our higher institutions.
Finally, it is with great joy that I say this; most of the students are dedicated, diligent and unwavering to success and academic excellence in their various institutions.



BENROMEO39

naijaboiy: yea,,that crowded class...
Attended only 4times or so

Alikaxon: hmmm!

3coins: gud morning ppl
naijaboiy,almeria,mickey7,neldrizzy,kulkatty,chizzy94....sawp

Alikaxon:

THE UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

It might interest every interested person to know that the university education in
Nigeria is in a fascinating stage.

Education is the key, education is priceless, it remains the engine power of any nation. It is a facet connected to every peripheral facet. The importance of education can not be over emphasized. In this light; it is an uthmost task for a
nation to make its citizens educated.

Nigeria as a case study; Nigeria which is the most populous black nation in the world and currently the largest economy in Africa, in my own perception; wouldn't have achieved this feet if there wasn't education in the
country. The question is, how effective is it or is it not?

Education is divided into stages with the popular adoption of 6, 3, 3, 4 pattern in Nigeria, and emphassy being on "the university education"; in respect to observing its mode, progress and their general impact to the society. The first university came into Nigeria in 1955, but officially opened on
7th october 1960 ; this is the "university of Nigeria, NSUKKA". Prior to its establishment, the educated Nigerians then had schooled abroad. Years ran out and many universities sprang up in Nigeria. Today, there exist
more than 100
universities in Nigeria;
private, state and federal universities all together

The university is an
encyclopaedia of
knowledge comprising
persons of various kinds, studying differ and various courses/
disciplines to gain
qualification in that field. So, what is the true state of Nigerian universities? Are they fulfilling this objective? We'll know! Perhaps, Nigerian universities are making progress, but not without falls. There are a lot of challenges facing these academic institutions today; the first and most obvious is the inceasant academic union(ASUU) strike; this frequently interrupts smooth learning. On the other hand; structures are dilapidated, students don't learn in conducive evironment anymore. Moving also to the issue of cultism; these so called cultists harrass innocent students, thereby constituting psychological fear and consequent insecurity on them, and this could reduce the students' learning zeal. More so, campus prostitution is now a trend amongst the female students; they are now more concentrated in
prostitution than
academics; I know you
know they can't excel
academically.

These and so many other odds has put the Nigerian universities in bad light; employers now adopt rigorous methods of recruitment to the the

extent of organising tests/exams to prove the efficiency of students; this is because they do not
trust the graduates, and yes sincerely ; some
graduates are half baked.

However, the university education in Nigeria has made
progress. Some ever
zealous students,
regardless of the harsh conditions exposed to,
still strive to excel beyond their equals. The classrooms and lecture halls are usually
filled up at nights by
enthusiastic students
who are determined and bent on making a
difference. They excel,
not just locally, but
internationally. Thank you! _Alikaxon

emma2cute: Don't even talk about money, lol don't go there. #NoGoZone

ojingbe: when u dey resume

emma2cute: People that can't look me in the face and greet me during the day, would come online and say shit to me. I blame the guy that invented telephone .

ojingbe: all is well enh.

kelvindim: Attention!!! It has been adviced not to use Google again as it is under investigation...for users are liable to contact the deadly disease and thereabout spreading it via the internet.

ojingbe: you pass 70 sha. Trust u nah

ojingbe: my guy. Watin happen u no gree post again dats by d way. Wat course dat year

ojingbe: Mickey7. Watin happen yarn me . Dnt leave ur guys alone.God will do d best

Neldrizzy: Lolll dats mickey7 joking

Neldrizzy: excatly wat a lecturer told me 3 days back b4 i left school, his name is JOHN STONE (those of you in pol sci department shud know him) #goodnews i must say!

kelvindim: I was surfing the internet and then stumbled upon this: "Out of the 14 000 who qualified for the post utme, only 12 000 wrote the post utme and 5 000 scored below 50% aggregate and Uniben may likely admit 7 000 this year.....So congrats to all those who scored 50% aggregate. The only thing that can happen is that they may change your course....Once again, I say CONGRATS.."

mzLipsSealed: Damn! Why is here so boring today? Happy birthday benromeo90

Disraeli: Hmmm.we are struggling to have d requirement so dat we can be admitted.
Ponder on dis d greatest university is in d heaven and d only requirement is JESUS.av u accepted him into ur life? Are u preparin 4 his 2nd coming remember, vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare . A life without christ is a prey to d devil!

Ryota: no i do not type good english but i speak good one.and by the way wat i speak is called poetic license

naijaboiy: Cite it for them my learned colleague

Ryota: Watin we dey talk self dis chibok girl on tv they don't understand english nor speak.so wat kind of educationally less developed state is that.and them they write waec.its time we start speakin the truth in nigeria catchment o eld all of them a medioc

Ryota: it one is know miracle centre o.ave u seen a student dat wants to write waec and can't speak english or even pigeon abeg i no wat am sayin dis one is a norm for north.

Ryota: pls less educationally developed states rubbish.i no in the north they write answers to waec question on the board for them.with the writin and everythin they don't still do well .pls we all went to school together the same syllabus and all and then we get the same score and i can't get the course i want becos i'm not from a less educational develop state,pls its unfair and inhumane.well all i ave to say to it all is kuso to everyone of them