So far, the 70-year-old University of Ibadan (UI) is the only Nigerian university in the world 1000 ranked varsities. This pronouncement, which many stakeholders lauded, reawakened the call for internationalisation of Nigerian universities’ faculties. He said the step is capable of improving the status of Nigerian universities on the global scale. He said in global ranking, the more international staff you have, the higher your ranking, thus it is a good factor to be considered. Now that KUST has taken a lead by recording this interesting milestone, will other higher institutions borrow a leaf?

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 04:17 UTC