₦airaland Forum

DeLaRue:
Ilorin used to be in the top 3 almost every year.

Yes and it should be a concern to the school management and reason is not far fetch,loopsided admission caused it

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datola:
Insecurity is increasing by the day. It used be UNILORIN but because of the recent security escalation in Kwara state.

that's relative cuz candidates from other states that choose Lagos will also face insecurities on the road.

free2ryhme:
see how your backward thinking immediately kicked in to project absurdity

Continue displaying below me

tollyboy5:
No federal university in Nigeria will beat LASU.
LASU is just starting, this is Lagos money on infrastructure.
What we offer federal universities cannot offer them.

Good to know. Now kindly enlighten us on the unique programs/activities/propositions that they offer, and is not offered or largely absent from Federal Universities in Nigeria?

Thanks.

koxyz:
LASU always give preference to Lagos Indigenes over others.

So, they should build and run the school with Lagos resources and give preference to people from other states who give preference to their own indigenes too, thereby leaving Lagos indigenes stranded.
State and private institutions are at liberty to decide their preference criteria.

Even federal schools have catchment areas

Kog45:
Well insecurity but University of Ilorin is losing it due to Ilorinalization,good courses are for Ilorin indigene not even Kwara indigene not to talk of other states.

ASUU and intra-tribal discrimination is what is causing that. It's just sad. The same thing is begining to affect KWASU too. The latter used to the be fastest government school in Nigeria and immune to strike. I don't know of now sha.

For distance learning and postgraduate education, ABU seems to have perfected it, and it's one of the top schools in Nigeria/West Africa when it comes to this system. In few years time, it'll be very obvious.

Amotolongbo:
Lagos is the Nigerian London.
They sha wan use admission to escape from their land to our land.

wetin dey pursue them na wetin I nor know

LZAA

FreeStuffsNG:
Only UNILAG has remained consistently in the top 2 for decades.

LASU is the new face for some years now but UNILAG will still take back its top spot as the University of First Choice.

All the most sought after top 4 schools are in Yorubaland.

Education tourism in SW is real and consistent.

If you want the best quality education, come to Yorubaland.

It is refereshing to see OAU and UI now ahead of Ilorin, Benin and FUOYE.

All the most sought out schools are in Yoruba land, but it is Igbo students that reign supreme there. E kere olu eke

Armaggedon:
I Will tell you the reason. It borders more on the affordability of higher education in the southwest. The cheaper the school in the southwest, the more the demand. It's not about prestige or education tourism. most native southwesterners choose schools based on cost. That is why federal universities in the southwest dominate the list including the new one in oye ekiti unlike the east where people are more willing to explore states and even private unis. Easterners form a very significant, if not the highest student population of southwest private unis and then form an overwhelmingly majority of the student population in the fast emerging private university education sector in the east.

There are several factors that resulted in this stat but affordability issues pushed native southwesterners into cheaper federal unis, leaving their private unis and that of the east for Easterners to occupy. You can confirm this from southwest nelfund application figures.

You're sha cooking the "facts" in your head to make you feel good.
There is this saying that if you want to lure a Yoruba man, build a school where you want him to be. Cost is the least of the factors driving those people's choice of where to study. Typical SW parents will sell belongings and inheritance to send children to good schools.

And yes, SW has most high quality schools. See that FUOYE dragging top spots with first generation schools? It's a 4th or 5th gen school established during Jonathan period. None of the ones established together with it can move close to it today. This shows the kind of attention those people give to schools.

Quite a number of people from other geopolitical zones making waves had contact with SW education. Lolll.
Check those top UTME scorers and see where they had their secondary education.

There are other things the zone may not have, there is no perfect society but you see education, they have hacked it

FreeStuffsNG:
Only UNILAG has remained consistently in the top 2 for decades.

LASU is the new face for some years now but UNILAG will still take back its top spot as the University of First Choice.

All the most sought after top 4 schools are in Yorubaland.

Education tourism in SW is real and consistent.

If you want the best quality education, come to Yorubaland.

It is refereshing to see OAU and UI now ahead of Ilorin, Benin and FUOYE.

UNILAG is there only because of the population of Lagos residents amongst JAMB candidates, who ordinarily would prefer to stay in Lagos.
But on the national average, OAU is still the most sought-after university in Nigeria

Kog45:
Well insecurity but University of Ilorin is losing it due to Ilorinalization,good courses are for Ilorin indigene not even Kwara indigene not to talk of other states.

The implosion of federal institutions in Ilorin is a matter of time, definitely inevitable unless they correct the observation you raised above.
UNILORIN and UITH especially are experiencing it already. They have almost grounded UITH.

Institutions where merit is sacrificed for nepotism can never develop. Any developed and efficient system anywhere in the world today is being maintained mostly by competent "outsiders" and the host communities remain the highest gainers.

Prof Oloyede, an Ogun man, took UNILORIN from the days where no one wanted them. The days when they beg people with admissions and projected it to be mentioned with A list schools.
The school is witnessing gradual decline rn

koxyz:
LASU always give preference to Lagos Indigenes over others.

admission to four year or six days course?

Lanretoye:
but if you don’t give them admission they will call it shitty water…so Lagos state university should be giving preference to people from abia state or which kind of senseless comment is this one again

Please, mind the way you respond to issues, you are in a public forum, stating the obvious does not call for insults.

DesireV:
The implosion of federal institutions in Ilorin is a matter of time, definitely inevitable unless the correct the observation you raised above.
UNILORIN and UITH especially are experiencing it already. They have almost grounded UITH.

Institutions where merit is sacrificed for nepotism can never develop. Any developed and efficient system anywhere in the world today is being maintained mostly by competent "outsiders" and the host communities remain the highest gainers.

Prof Oloyede, an Ogun man, took UNILORIN from the days where no one wanted them. The days when they beg people with admissions and projected it to be mentioned with A list schools.
The school is witnessing gradual decline rn

You're spot on. Its just annoying to see the level of intra-tribalism going on. The school has good faculty and facilities no doubt, but till it eschews that nonsense, they'll continue to struggle. Sadly, they're rubbing that nonsense on KWASU too.

KWASU was styled and operated like a typical North American University, the first VC really tried and he was a topdog from a Canadian Institution. The type of department, GPA system, Naming System, Lecturing System etc in KWASU used to be very similar to Canadian Federal Schools. It even used to have few faculties from the US/Canada. But when they infused that nonsense "omo Ilorin" bullshit, those great things have rapidly declined now.

So sad that both schools used to be the fastest government institutions in Nigeria and immune of strike. But it's another case now.

datola:
Chief, UNILAG is popular because it is in Lagos and most people will find it more convenient to choose it instead of travelling all the way to Ile-Ife for a much rigorous academic, hence the competition.

This is the same reason LASU is now the most sought after. Who/what is LASU compared to OAU, UI, UNN, FUTA, FUTO, etc.

Insecurity in Kwara state contributed to UNILORIN's drop.

some people are hardcore when it comes to nepotism. In a country where minimum wage cannot train one child confortably in subsidized institutions, someone is trying hard to rationalize high demand of cheap education as evidence of good education.
The moe-run even argued about lesser distance, indirectly contradicting himself.

tollyboy5:
So why was LASU not the most sought after some years ago?
If you care to explain

Insecurity then, is not the same as it is now.

No one wants their wards plying on these dangerous highways

datola:
Chief, UNILAG is popular because it is in Lagos and most people will find it more convenient to choose it instead of travelling all the way to Ile-Ife for a much rigorous academic, hence the competition.

This is the same reason LASU is now the most sought after. Who/what is LASU compared to OAU, UI, UNN, FUTA, FUTO, etc.

Insecurity in Kwara state contributed to UNILORIN's drop.

Is this based on an actual survey or mere assumptions severely limited by personal horizon?

On another note, the student with the highest JAMB scores nationwide also opted for UNILAG.

Sometimes it's all about other people's realities and perception of the choices placed in front of them and not about our own personal inclination.

A top university sited in Lagos is still a top university and should not be watered down for that sole reason or any other personal reason. UNILAG, for example, is not only consistent in being a top choice but always been consistent across different ranking platforms.

koxyz:
Please, mind the way you respond to issues, you are in a public forum, stating the obvious does not call for insults.

where is the insult here?,a sane person knows that every higher institution in Nigeria gives preference to its indigenous students so why should Lagos be an exception if not for mischief yo want to make

free2ryhme:
see how your live dey upside down

And she was never like this before, tribalism has fi*Nish*D her.

Lanretoye:
where is the insult here?,a sane person knows that every higher institution in Nigeria gives preference to its indigenous students so why should Lagos be an exception if not for mischief yo want to make

I can see where you are coming from, no need responding to people like you.

Djele:
Schools without jobs nonsense people

What's the essence of your education if you can't use your brain to create jobs?

Must someone create for you to beg to apply?

Noisemaker.... bitter people.
Enemies of good news about Nigeria

koxyz:
I can see where you are coming from, no need responding to people like you.

perhaps you never had a tertiary education.

Dude, all these are bollocks. LASU was established over 40 years ago and never been a top choice until recently. Stop pulling others down, your affiliations will also get there one day.

datola:
Chief, UNILAG is popular because it is in Lagos and most people will find it more convenient to choose it instead of travelling all the way to Ile-Ife for a much rigorous academic, hence the competition.

This is the same reason LASU is now the most sought after. Who/what is LASU compared to OAU, UI, UNN, FUTA, FUTO, etc.

Insecurity in Kwara state contributed to UNILORIN's drop.

Amotolongbo:
Continue displaying below me

continue embarrassing yourself

free2ryhme:
continue embarrassing yourself

e don tire you?

koxyz:
LASU always give preference to Lagos Indigenes over others.

Same as Delta State University, & Ekpoma.

Amotolongbo:
e don tire you?

na you need your question more

........the most important legacy of Obafemi Awolowo. The concept of free education he introduced, is still the reason while higher institutions in Yorubaland are the cheapest in Nigeria, if not Africa at large. This is one among other many reasons why their schools are sought after. Awolowo got this too right, and also early enough.

It's worth emulating.

Airlord2030:
wetin dey pursue them na wetin I nor know

LZAA