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Title:The quality of Nigeria's private universities
Authors:Erinosho, Olayiwola A.ISNI
Aina, Diji
Okhomina, StephenISNI
Temilola, SegunISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:Journal of Higher Education in Africa (ISSN 0851-7762)
Volume:6
Issue:1
Pages:41-69
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs., ills.
Geographic terms:Nigeria
West Africa
Subjects:universities
private education
education
Private universities and colleges
higher education
Education--Evaluation
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/jhigheducafri.6.1.41
Abstract:Since the mid-1980s, there has been a proliferation of private universities in many African countries. The present study investigates the quality of three such private universities in Nigeria: Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State; Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State; and Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin City, Edo State. Two are mission-sponsored (Seventh Day Adventists Church of Nigeria and Nigerian Baptist Convention) and one is owned by an entrepreneur (Gabriel Igbinedion, a Bini Chief). Six indicators of quality assurance, outlined by G.O.S. Ekhaguere (2001) for similar work in African universities, were used: mission statement, assessment, teaching facilities, gender equity, information and communication technologies, and physical facilities. The data indicate that the institutions mount academic programmes in science, humanities and, most especially, in the social and management sciences. There is gender parity among students and disparity among staff. The mission institutions are better positioned to give quality education. However, these private universities need to strengthen their staff and improve access to information and communication technologies. There is also room for improving the physical facilities. Overall, the study concludes that while it may be worthwhile to encourage private investors in higher education, this should not be at the expense of public universities because the latter's academic programmes are much more diversified than those which are offered by the former. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]
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