“Most of these institutions that Nigerian students attend in our neighbouring countries are sub-standard. Admission into tertiary institutions has always recorded dramas that border on the sublime and the ridiculous. As of 2017, according to the National University Commission (NUC), there are 40 federal universities, 44 state universities and 68 private universities. To address the situation some experts have called for more tertiary institutions to be built, existing ones to be provided with necessary human and material infrastructure. “If every Nigerian tertiary institution were to run MOOCs, it would be possible to admit all candidates that pass the UTME and the WASSCE/NECO each year.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2018 03:56 UTC