Written by Leon Usigbe Friday, 25 May 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, expressed shock over the revelation that more than 60 per cent of the nation’s university teachers had no Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD).
Speaking during the inauguration of a special committee to harness the nation’s best brains by selecting young First Class graduates to be sent for further training in the best universities around the world, he said the information which was made available to him, on Thursday, by the executive secretary of the National University Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, was embarrassing.
He, therefore, pledged to set up an inter-ministerial committee to begin the process of remedying the situation in the years to come.
The president said: “The information I got from the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission is that about 60 per cent of our academic staff in Nigerian universities don’t have PhD. That is quite embarrassing, that is not good enough.
“I will set up an inter-ministerial department to work with some of you in the academics to come up with policies for robust training for young men and women who are interested in academics to go anywhere in the world.
“We must reduce that. There is no way that we will have up to 60 per cent academic staff without PhDs. It should not be more than 10 per cent. Those who are starting, before they go for their Masters and PhDs, are at the transitional phase. If you must lecture, then first degree and second degree should be transitional phase.”
While recognising that to correct the situation would be a gradual process, President Jonathan, however, vowed to bridge the gap in order to ensure that universities have enough qualified academic staff.
Speaking on the scholarship to First Class graduates, the president said that the idea was informed by the need to have a system for the sustenance of the nation’s transformation at a time that there was so much expectation on Nigeria as a leading country in Africa.
via Tribune http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/41495-jonathan-shocked-60-of-varsity-teachers-have-no-phd-inaugurates-committee-to-harness-pgd-best-brains
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