Unfortunately, the level, quality, and standard of education in Nigeria has declined dramatically over the last two decades, making Nigeria the primary nation of origin for African students travelling to other areas of the world in search of quality education.
Sometimes I wonder Nigerian student do well abroad, they make exploits and sometimes are one of the best students in Europe and other part of the world but when they are here, they don't perform up to standard. They are not well utilized and the best in them is not brought out.
Today , i will be addressing the possible issues responsible for this and the possible solutions to this problem. why is Nigeria Educational system lacking behind? Why is it that we produced half baked graduates from colleges and universities?
Almajiris, dropouts, migrant groups such as nomads, fishermen, farmers, pastorals, etc. Given all these programmes, there are yet lots of challenges affect the management of ANFE in Nigeria which hinders full implementation of all this programmes; such as poor funding, inadequate provision of human and material resources, politicizing ANFE, lack of professionals in the field, inadequate and unstable facilitators, problem of staff development and training, inadequate programmes monitoring, evaluation and supervision, etc (Adeyinka, 2010). Therefore, adequate attention, priority and efforts must be channelled towards ANFE which is imperative as spring board to develop and improve human capacity development and aid individuals to attain sustainable livelihood.
Apart from the technical difficulties, most of the universities are also in crisis and rely on foreign donors even for education, the infrastructure of most schools is in collapse; professors moving abroad for better salaries has affected the online education in sub Saharan Africa. Most professors who could have trained to teach online programs are living abroad and the population numbers of students are growing hugely day by day (Adeyinka, 2013). In Nigeria, for instance, there is online university but no teachers to efficiently teach the courses.
It is interesting to note that a few decades after the publication of the Phelps-Stokes and Advisory Committees Reports, particularly after World War II, slight adjustments were made in schools' curriculum which was slightly oriented towards African life. But the progress in this direction was not remarkable, for as late as the 1960s, education in African schools, particularly in Nigerian Universities, was still " too literary, not practical, not adapted to the needs of a developing agricultural nation, " (Adeyinka, 2002). The word of Ajayi and Obidi (2005) is apposite here when they asserted that this type of academic education only " tends to produce proud, lazy people who dislike manual labour and prefer white-collar jobs.
There are so many other problems which would be highlighted below.
poor funding: Nigeria's Ministry of Education is in charge of education. On a regional level, local governments are responsible for executing policy for state-controlled public education and state schools. As a result, education funding is mostly a government responsibility. Because of the long-standing high degree of corruption at all levels of government in Nigeria, education has always been underfunded, resulting in substandard infrastructure, a lack of good teaching aids, and nonpayment of teachers' allowances.
Lack of Qualified teachers: In Nigeria, the poor working condition, poor remuneration and allowances the teachers are subjected to have discouraged capable and qualified teachers from taking up teaching jobs, they rather apply for other better paying jobs than teaching, while the few teachers who have taken up the teaching profession did so due to lack of better jobs, hence, their low level of dedication as they are always on the look out for greener pastures. This directly affects output as the quality of education is drastically reduced by this menace.
Academic fraud ,corruption and indiscipline: There have been several complaints of corruption and indiscipline in Nigeria's educational system, particularly in higher education, where incidences of cultism in schools and bribes to pass exams have been on the rise. Academic dishonesty is rampant at all levels of learning. Other types of academic misconduct that have plagued the Nigerian education system include impersonation, faking academic records, paying for marks or diplomas with gifts, money, or segxwal favors, harassing examiners, and attacking invigilators, among other things.
Poor teachers welfare: his is another major problem affecting the level of education in Nigeria. It is one of the consequences of both poor funding and corruption. Poor salary scale and bonuses, as well as irregular payments of salaries, are the problems that teachers face in Nigeria. It is a sad practice that teachers have to take industrial actions before they get their salaries.
Infrastructures and training facilities: In Nigeria, the majority of schools and institutions are in poor condition. The educational environment in most states is not conducive. The structures are dilapidated, and the majority of them are devoid of teaching resources. Practical and technological facilities are lacking in schools. Education is more theoretical and quantitative than qualitative due to a lack of standard and up-to-date practical facilities.
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