Reflections on the Growth and Development of University Education in Nigeria

dc.creator	J.O. Oni
dc.date	2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:11:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:11:56Z
dc.identifier	1313-1958
dc.identifier	1313-9118
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ddaf032ec4164566acf1c57af5f839c2
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/14825
dc.description	The year 1948 marked the start of university education in the University College, Ibadan, Nigeria. High demand for university education and the need to produce the much-needed high-level manpower for the newly independent nation, made the federal and regional governments to found additional four new universities in the 1960’s bringing the number to five. The federal and state governments established more universities in the 1970’s and subsequent decades in answer to further request for university education. Private universities started to appear since late 1990’s. As of now, there are 117 universities owned by the federal government, state governments and private individuals and corporate bodies. In the first four decades (1948 – 1988), the quality of the nation’s university education was quite very good. Afterwards, the university education system derailed, so to speak, as a result of myriads of problems prominent ones being inadequate financing and erosion of university autonomy. To get the system back on track once again, the government must display genuine interest towards it by funding it appropriately and allowing it to enjoy considerable autonomy.
dc.language	Bulgarian
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Sofia
dc.relation	http://bjsep.org/getfile.php?id=113
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1313-1958
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1313-9118
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy , Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 170-193 (2012)
dc.subject	University education
dc.subject	Administration
dc.subject	Fundin
dc.subject	Planning
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Reflections on the Growth and Development of University Education in Nigeria
dc.type	article