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| Title: | Principles and Policies Guiding Current Reforms in Nigerian Universities |
| Author: | Okebukola, Peter |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Higher Education in Africa (ISSN 0851-7762) |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 25-36 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Nigeria West Africa |
| Subjects: | higher education educational reform educational policy Development and Technology Education and Oral Traditions education Higher education and state Educational change |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/43658257 |
| Abstract: | The author analyses the principles and politics guiding the reforms currently taking place within the higher education subsector in Nigeria. He first presents an overview of the Nigerian university system highlighting its problems and challenges and then examines the policies and reforms that have been introduced to address these within a global context, including their underlying principles. The reforms are all geared towards the following major areas: funding, quality insurance, access to university education, relevance to national and global needs, and government and management. Next, the author briefly assesses the success and sustainability of these reforms. Keeping in mind that it is still early days, and that such far-reaching reforms will take time to achieve their objectives, he argues that the reforms are nonetheless already showing evidence of the desired results. Thanks to the reform programme, the Nigerian university system is on the road to recovery after many years of neglect. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited] |
