NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES ARE OFTEN ON STRIKE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE  BEST WAYS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS FACING NIGERIA’S CURRENT  EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM?

Generally, the

quality

of

education

in Nigeria is appalling, especially at the tertiary level. The fundamental challenges facing Nigeria's educational sector include inadequate funding, quaint academic curriculum, poor infrastructure,

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inadequacies, among others. In a bid to force the government to channel adequate resources to

this

sector, academic and non-academic staff unions of

Nigerian

universities

have frequently embarked on strike actions. To address these challenges,

first,

the government should provide adequate funds and state-of-the-art research facilities for conducive research, teaching, and learning. The funds should be properly monitored and accounted for to avoid mismanagement. Lecturers’ salaries and welfare

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should be improved to motivate them and enhance their workflow.

Likewise

, standard instructional materials and

quality

teaching aids should be provided to the lecturers.

Second,

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and the

Nigerian

Universities

Commission need to be committed to delivering a competitive and high-

quality

tertiary

education

across the country. Lecturers should be of the highest

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.

This

is achievable by employing only qualified individuals and,

furthermore

, providing periodical workshops and international fellowships to make them seasoned experts.

This

will essentially grant

Nigerian

students access to

quality

education

from seasoned lecturers.

Third,

the academic curriculum needs to be revised and improved upon to be of international standard. There should be

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reduction in the number of

education

courses and

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increase in the courses for the teaching subjects. It needs to be more practical and research-based rather than just theoretical.

Also

, students’ admission into tertiary

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should be based on merit and not

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familiarity or through bribery and corruption. If these suggestions are considered and implemented, I am confident that the

quality

of

education

in

Nigerian

universities

will greatly improve.

Furthermore

, strike actions by the academic and non-academic staff unions in

Nigerian

universities

will no longer be commonplace.