The sustainability of university education toward national development: The Nigerian perspective

Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor, Harriet Omokiniovo Efanodor-Obeten, Anthonia Ighiebemhe Otsupius, Grace Jokthan, Johnson A. Opateye, Zira Bitrus Wada, Idris Ismaila Sinan, Abubakar Bello, Mahmud Ahmed, Vincent Aizebeoje Balogun, Landing Jatta

Article ID: 2959
Vol 8, Issue 5, 2024

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In regard to national development (ND), this review article (which is basically a perspective approach) presents retroactive and forward-looking perspectives on university education in Nigeria. In the past, particularly during the 1970s, the Nigerian university (NU) sector was among the most outstanding in Africa as well as globally. The best institutions drew students from around Africa, who flocked to Nigeria to study. The NU structure evidently contained four essential components for an international and effective university system, viz., world-class instructors, world-class students, a conducive learning environment, and global competitiveness. The NU structure, nevertheless, has undergone some neglect over the past thirty years and lost its distinctive identity, which raises questions about its function and applicability at the current stage of ND. Hence, some retrospective and forward-looking observations on university education in Nigeria in connection to ND are conveyed in this perspective article uses basically published articles and other relevant literature, as well as other sources and data from available literature. Hitherto, there is an urgent need for reinforcement of the university system in order to give it the desired and comparable international quality and functionality needed to meet the demands of current issues and the near future. However, this article conveys an intense belief and conviction that the NU system is still important for both the political and socioeconomic development (growth) of the nation. The article concludes by recommending the way forward in this regard.


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education; faculty; national development; student; universities

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