50 Years of University Education in Nigeria:Evolution, Achievements and Future Directions
by Julius Okojie, Is-haq Oloyede, Pai Obanya (Editors)
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Product Code: 1299054666
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Number of Pages: 581
Weight: 1.5kg
Binding: Paper Back
Publisher: University of Ilorin and National Universities Commition
Edition: 2010
ISSN: 9789789096398
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Summary: University education in Nigeria... has grown over the years—from a feeble effort, to produce middle level manpower to support the colonial administration, through the establishment of the University College, Ibadan as a College of the University of London in 1948-tu one hundred and four universities, as at the last count. Federal, State and private universities have gone through tremendous internal and external changes in growth, both in infrastructure, starring, facilities and enrolments, with myriads of challenges
That statement aptly arrive summarizes the motivation for the development of this compendium of papers highlighting the major trends in the development of university education in Nigeria, the progress made (in the face of past and persistent challenges), and pointers to future directions in re-positioning university education for national development and putting it in the path of emerging world-class trends.
Published in watershed year in the history of Nigeria (the year marking the country’s 50 independence anniversary), it is expected that the ideas the book has generated would contribute to the emergence of a revitalized university education system in Nigeria that should contribute to fulfilling the nation's dream of becoming a force to be reckoned with in the comity of nations within the next decade.