27/01/2021
Our Education Values
Education is obviously the basic instrument of economic growth and technological advancement in any society. It is in recognition of this fact that governments commit immense resources to ensure the provision of education for their citizens, and also tailor their policies towards ensuring that it is made accessible to the generality of their citizenry. Today, the world' workplace is becoming increasingly geographically fluid across national, regional, and international borders due to economic globalization and the development of advanced communications and information technologies. In this context, knowledge has emerged as an economic commodity which has in turn placed pressure on existing national systems to ensure they are placed competitively in the international marketplace. Therefore, qualitative higher education is especially acknowledged as a vital driving force for the socio-economic growth and technological development of nations. From five Universities and a total enrollment of 3, 646 students in 1962, the Nigerian University system has grown to 104 institutions, made up of 27 Federal Universities, 35 State Universities and 42 Private Universities with a total enrollment of about 726,760 students, yet the problem of access to University education in the country persists. The National Universities Commission (NUC) which regulates University education in terms of standards has set merit, carrying capacity, catchment areas and quota for educationally disadvantaged states as criteria for admission into Federal Universities. It has been argued that rather than enhance access to University education, these criteria restrict access to higher education. Each year, thousands of applicants sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations and less than twenty percent (20%) on the average gain admission into the Universities.
