Poor state of tertiary education in Nigeria: Why private partnership will work

By Joan Omionamele, Tosin Oluwalowo, Elvis Boniface, Demola Sanyaolu (Team #RevampEducation)

Tosin Oluwalowo
Aug 23, 2017 · 3 min read

Michael: Hey dude, I can’t wait to finish school, get a good job, find a good woman and settle down…

ASUU: Hahahahaha, who are you talking to? What is this one saying? I bet you did not even know my plans for you and your friends. You are still balling there. Hahaha.

Michael: Oga Asuu, epp me sir! What plans?

ASUU: We just had a meeting with your world leaders, it seems they are more interested in building luxury mansions within and outside the Country than helping us change the horrible state of Nigerian Universities.

Michael: So what do you plan to do sir?

ASUU: So, we are adding two more years to your official 4- year University course, we will send you away from school, you will start roaming the streets, you will be jobless… in fact! You will be done for. please don’t beg us, it is your leaders that are deaf! (Walks away with a loud hiss)

This is the voice that every Nigerian student who has studied (or is studying in a public Nigerian University heard/will hear in his or her subconscious every year.

The plague of incessant strikes is one that stares in the face of every student in Nigeria, worse still the dilapidated conditions of the schools, particularly do not help matters.

Education is the bedrock of any society that will become outstanding. In Nigeria, quality education is a mirage and seems moribund. The quality is wishy-washy and recipients are wearied out with the poor educational facilities.

Despite the records of so much being gulped by the educational sector, there is absolutely no testimony of improvement. Academic staff embark on indefinite strikes, hostel accommodation is in a sorry state, libraries are stocked with outdated books and technological advancement is alien to Nigeria’s educational sector.

What are people saying on the social media?

History of ASUU strike in Nigeria

How can private establishments come in?

Corporate bodies can do a lot to revamp the educational sector by concentrating their Corporate Social Responsibilities, CSR on key components that affect the educational sector.

These include:

  1. Providing conducive hostel accommodation (this implies repainting, rebuilding and renovating hostels)
  2. Providing portable water
  3. Electricity(Equipping students with inverters)
  4. Well equipped library facilities
  5. Providing better Medical facilities and infrastructure to better the well-being of students
  6. Feeding
  7. Comfortable Lecture halls
Team #RevampEducation

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