the history of nigeria higher education

Begun in 1978 by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the UME is more difficult than the SSCE. Students must register for English language and three more subjects in their major field. Candidates have traditionally scored low in mathematics and sciences. For the 2001 academic year, the average score in mathematics was 38.90 percent; in biology, 48.33 percent; and in chemistry, 45.51 percent.
For students who finished secondary school and took the West African GCE A Level or GCE O Level before 1989, high scores on these exams qualify candidates for university admission. There are several other possible options, including high scores on the NCE and ND. In addition, there might be other requirements depending on a student's major field.
In the spring of 2000, President Obasanjo introduced a new plan that required all primary and secondary schools to teach courses in African culture. In order to enter a university, students will have to provide proof that they have passed cultural knowledge courses. The courses focus on African and Nigerian history, mythology, and proverbs.
Higher educational institutions must also follow federal guidelines that attempt to balance the differences among ethnic groups receiving a higher education. They must weigh test scores, residency of the candidate, and whether the candidate is from an educationally less developed state in determining who is admitted.
The polytechnic colleges have different requirements for admission. Normally they require the SSC, but other requirements are generally set by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and vary with programs. Most candidates must take an entry exam called the Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Exam (PCE). About 120,000 candidates took the exam for the 2001 academic year. A few polytechnics are beginning to offer bachelor's degrees in technical fields, but most offer programs leading to the ND and HND.
One striking feature of university education is the lack of majors in the sciences. Only 10.3 percent graduated in 1992 with degrees in pure science, engineering, agriculture, and technology. The government's goal is to shift the admission ratio of majors for incoming freshmen away from the humanities to 60 percent science and technology. In 2000, though, only 20 percent committed to science while 80 percent went into the humanities. The enrollment at technical training institutions, colleges of agriculture, and polytechnics remained disappointingly low as well.

UNN FESTIVAL 2010

LITERARY ART FESTIVAL 2010
Department of English and Literary Studies in conjunction with English and literary Studies' Association presents Literary, Art Festival 2010 on the theme: LITERATURE LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY on Saturday, 18 September, 2010 at New Art theater by 9am. English Nite holds on the same day at Hotel Carolina by 6pm. read more>> >>

FUNCTIONS OF N U C

The Functions of the Commission are:
• To advise the President and State Governors, through the Minister, on the creation of new universities and other degree-awarding institutions in Nigeria;
• To prepare, after consultation with the State Governments, the universities, the national manpower Board and such other bodies as it considers appropriate, periodic master plans for the balanced and co-coordinated development of all universities in Nigeria;
• To lay down Minimum Academic Standards in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to accredit their degrees and other academic awards;
• To ensure that quality is maintained within the academic programmes of the Nigerian University System;
• To make such other investigations relating to higher education as the Commission may consider necessary in the national interest;
• To inquire into and advise the Federal Government on the financial needs, both recurrent and capital, of university  education in Nigeria and, in particular, to investigate and study the financial needs of university research and to  ensure that adequate provision is made for this in the universities;
• To take into account, in advising the Federal and State Governments on university finances, such grants as may be  made to the Universities by the Federal and State Governments, private proprietors and by persons and institutions in  and outside Nigeria;
• To undertake periodic reviews of the terms and conditions of service of personnel engaged in the universities and to  make recommendations thereon to the Federal Government where appropriate;
• To recommend to the Visitor of a university that a visitation be made to such university as and when it considers it  necessary;
• To act as the agency for channelling all external aid to the universities in Nigeria;
• To receive block grants from the Federal Government and allocate them to Federal Universities in accordance with such  formula as may be laid down by the National Council of Ministers.

CORUPTION IN NIGERIANS UNIVERSITY

most of niaja university are very corupted this days especially the souteasthern universities in one of university i wrot my post ume last a was very suplise i couldt be admited despict my high score .i score more than 270 in my post ume exam an one of the lecturer told me that i have to do something that manner does not fall from heaven, that i should pay the som of thirty thausand naira for he to secure my admission for me ,i told he i dont have such a mney he said i should forget abaut that yeas admission, like play like play iwas not admited.so in all , wtat saying is that government shoul interfare urgently to make sure this bad trend is stoped all the youth in this cauntry will sufer the pain