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Limited Admission Spaces: Way Out Of Admission Problemss

In the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME) brochure, candidates seeking admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are listed under the following categories:
University, Polytechnic/Monotechnic, College of Education (CoE) and Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs).
Innovation Enterprise Institutions are institutions approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide a veritable alternative route to higher education.

As at 2013, Nigeria had 40 federal universities, 38 state universities, 50 private universities, 128 polytechnics and monotechnics, 117 Colleges of Education and 57 Innovation Enterprise Institutions, bringing the total number of tertiary institutions to 430. Nevertheless, many Nigerian students seeking tertiary education are more interested in university education.

In 2010/2011, Nigeria had 112 universities with carrying capacity of 450,000 and 1,493,611 applicants. Thus, the admitting capacity was 30.13 per cent of the total number of applicants. This means that at best, only 30.13 per cent of the total number of applicants were accommodated during that academic session.
In the 2011/2012 session, five universities were added, bringing the number to 117, with 500,000 carrying capacity amounting to 33.25 per cent and 1,503,933 students applied that year.

However, in 2012/2013, 11 universities were added bringing It to 128 with 520,000 (29.96 per cent) admission spaces. In that year, a total of 1,735,729 applied for UTME. According to National Universities Commission report of 2011/2012, most of the universities in Nigeria exceeded the alloted admission quota. For instance, in 2011/2012, University of Lagos (UNILAG)’s admission quota was 6,500 but admitted 7,527; Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) was given 6,688 but admitted 7,397, just as University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) was given 5,970 but admitted 8,267. University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in the same year was supposed to admit 5,514 but ended up admitting 7,098 while University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) which was given 5,600, admitted 5,699. Also Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi which ought to admit just 2,133 ended up admitting 3,350 students.
The above analysis of these federal universities admission quota explains why our universities are over-crowded and lack facilities for students.

Besides, statistical data from JAMB IN 2014 reveals that there are about 30 most preferred universities by students seeking admission every year. In this report, we will look at the top 10 and the number of applicants. University of Benin (UNIBEN) tops the table with 98,975 applicants, followed by UNILORIN having 94,869. Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) has 88,087, UNILAG 86,850, UNN 80,785, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) 69,856, ABU 59,427, Imo State University (IMSU) 53,368, University of Uyo (UNIUYO) 52,359 and University of Ibadan (UI) 50,274

Also, In 2015...
Here are the statistics of the most sought after Universities after JAMB 2015 registration came to a close:
Out of the over 180 universities in Nigeria, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) had the highest number of JAMB UTME applicants with about 85,945 candidates seeking admission into the institution.
Others making the top of the list are; University of Benin (UNIBBEN), which had over 60,020 applicants
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) with over 58,410 UTME applicants
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) – 57,539 applicants Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU) – 52,785 applicants University of Lagos (UNILAG) – 49,059 applicants

According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, America has 2,680 accredited universities, just as Scotland has 1,419, Wales 1,011. India, with a population of over a billion has over 177 world class standard universities. China has 1,983 institutions of higher learning as at June 2009, as disclosed by the Ministry of Education.
Thus, China with 1.4 billion people has 1,983 universities, India with 1.2 billion people has 177 universities, United States with 318 million people has 2,680 universities compared to Nigeria with about 178 million people and just 128 universities. From the aforementioned statistics, Nigeria still needs more universities and the improvement of the present ones to international standard.
Speaking with Vanguard Learning, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Calaber said that capacity will determine the number of students to be admitted saying: “If we don’t have the capacity, there is no way we can admit more students.”
She noted that licensing more private universities will not solve the problem. According to her, “If you are licensing more universities, where are the lecturers? The same lecturers in federal universities are the ones taking those in private and state universities. The existing universities should be expanded with corresponding infrastructure and facilities to suit the number of students given by the NUC.” She urged the Federal Government to expand the existing universities and get more lecturers before admitting more students. Reacting in the same vein, the Deputy Director, Academic Centre of Distance Learning, University of Ibadan, Professor Oyesoji Aremu said that it is needless to tell universities to increase their quotas because there is no corresponding increase in terms of infrastructure.
He said, “Telling universities to increase their quota means existing infrastructure would be over stressed. Universities admit the number they can genuinely and comfortably accommodate in the first year.”

Explaining further some of the factors to consider before admitting more students Aremu said that infrastructure in departments and faculties are necessary adding that the unavailability of desks in the lecture rooms should be considered.
According to him, in an over- crowded classroom, teaching and learning cannot take place adding that even the lecturer will not be able to do meaningful teaching when the learners are too many.
He said “there is a benchmark for the number of students each lecturer is supposed to take. When a lecturer takes in excess of that number, he has to be paid for the excess. That would eat into the finances of the university.
“If JAMB sees that universities can take only 600,000
students per year but still rolls out forms, what happens to the others? Mind you, it didn’t start this year so the number will increase every year,. The question is, where will they go?
All these learners are qualified to enter the university.
“Solution: For as many as are qualified to enter the
universities, something can be done about it. There is Open and Standard Education or Distance Learning Education. For Open and Standard education, we can have students in excess of millions because it is basically a virtual university.
My advice is that the Federal Government should empower universities to develop their virtual universities. For example, in University of Ibadan, we have a centre called Distance Learning Centre of the Univerity of Ibadan. Lagos also has a Distance Learning Institute, there is also the National Open University.

In fact, there are seven certified distance learning centres in Nigeria. Universities that have dual mode; regular students and open distance learning programmes can have students
in excess. For example; University of India in New Delhi has students in excess of 10 million. They therefore built a virtual university to take these students who are unable to
get admission into regular universities.
More so, it is the same programme, exam and system.

The Ministry of Education should encourage virtual universities. There is no need for new universities, just empower universities to have virtual and distance learning centres.

I honestly think you should open a thread on this issue, it'll surely hit front-page...

A former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye
Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, is dead, the
Bayelsa State radio is reporting.
He was 63.
Mr. Alamieyeseigha died Saturday at the University
of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, where he had
been in coma for days.
He was the governor of the Niger Delta state from
1999 to 2005 when he was impeached on corruption
charges.
The former governor was succeeded by former
President Goodluck Jonathan, who was his deputy.
Close family sources said Mr. Alamieyeseigha was
diabetic and was treated in Dubai, but recently
returned to Port Harcourt.

Three little birds by Bob Marley... Everything little thing is gonna be alright... gives me courage to move on.

Don't dey all lie about it?

IDONTBILIVIT...

Aromas:

May the spirit of our hard earn money we throw to NOUN favor all NOUN students by God grace.

AMEN!

Proudly a NOUNITE any day anytime...

Kazrem:
That Maryland is okay.

pls add me to the whatsapp group-08038903976

LORD HAVE MERCY!... HOW DID IT COME TO THIS

Kill yourself

following...

taiwolusol:


An NYSC Exemption and the Discharge Certificate are the same, by all means and standard.

even for people under the age of 30?

hassymo5:
Since the NYSC decree also says: “There cannot be employment anywhere in the federation for any university graduate except on the production of the discharge certificate or exemption certificate issued by the Directorate of the National Youth Service Corps, the management of the corps should as a matter of constitutionality review the obnoxious policy it used to deny thousands of graduates the opportunity of serving their fatherland during the Batch A mobilization exercise conducted nationwide in the coming Batch B and subsequent mobilization exercises in the country.
NYSC Decree

SECTION 12
1. For the purposes of employment anywhere in the Federation and before employment, it shall be the duty of every prospective employer to demand and obtained from any person who claims to have obtained his first degree at the end of the academic year 1973-74 or, as the case may be, at the end of any subsequent academic year the following-
a. a copy of the Certificate of National Service of such person issued pursuant to section 11 of this Decree
b. a copy of any exemption certificate issued to such person pursuant to section 17 of this Decree
c. such other particulars relevant there to as may be prescribed by or under this Decree
2. It shall also be the duty of every employer to produce on demand to police officer, not below the rank of an Assistant Superintendent of Police, any such certificate and particulars or copies thereof

u can choose which you think is best for u!!!!!!

How about NOUN graduates who are issues exemption letters,will they in anyway be affected?

irreplaceable loss... Adieu Omolara... you fought a good fight!

things are getting better...

what's the consequence of not doing your BVN?

They are all the same... NEVER BE DECEIVED!

GeneralQuamdeen:
Nawa o.. Should the person who snaped the pics also be on the run? Lol... Aminat, dont tell me you are the one coz i know you will be the first to move your legs..
However, dont forget to vote for jarizod tomorrow..for Mr, Nairaland, 2015. See my signature

still advertising on such a thread?

Flamini and Jack Wilshere...

though I'm a PMB fan, I don't particularly subscribe to the removal of military checkpoints, reason being that I view the police as incapable of maintaining the high level of professionalism deployed by the military in securing lives and properties.... GOD BE WITH US!

Kazrem:

Go to your sc at ph with a letter stating your name,school, course, level,phone number and your preferred sc. Also include the reason for switching sc. Here in Lagos it takes 2 weeks but don't know how long it will take in ph

OK thanks, no payment involved?

Kazrem:
Where is your current sc

PH, I want to switch to Umudike...

Kazrem:

Write a letter to your current sc stating your decision to change sc, the reasons and the new sc that you want to change to. Then include your details.

dammit where do I even begin?

hello... how can 1 change his SC?

PeyButtons:
Hello everyone there's a group on whatsapp where NOUN students comes together to share, learn and discuss information about the school. If u are interested, u can inbox me ur mobile number so u can added. Thanks.

08038903976...

crownprince102:

heartland and abia warriors to use enyimba stadium, akwa united to use akwa ibom stadium, wikki to use pantami stadium.

I don't understand, pls make me do.

You shall not die... You will live to judge yourself!

Its not even that hot!

We know you'll perform remarkably more than ur predecessor, ride on to Glory my Governor!

Haha, what do u expect them to do?

But can't the Nigerian Government do anything about this?