Nature abhors a vacuum. As these hare brained ill thought out universities evolve into mills churning out half baked and worthless intellectuals who are of no value, and free educative materials abound on the Internet, value of the certification will become worthless.
Soon students who cannot get jobs or use what they acquire from the worthless mega universities people will stop going as it will be obvious it is all a waste of time.
We are all doomed.
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IBK
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It is good to know that our leaders are seriously thinking about reforms in the education sector.I would rather suggest the consolidation of the all the state university in each geopolitical zone into "mega-universities" that promote quality instead of sheer quantity, which this proposal seems to emphasize. The campuses of the current state universities can then be converted into specialized schools (medine, humanities, applied science/engineering, social science, information technology, business, journalism, etc.). This system will reduce wasteful overheads (multiple VCs and registrars, zillions of DVCs, etc.) and the savings can then be channeled into programmatic improvements -- better-equipped libraries and labs, attraction of qualified lecturers, etc. Combining capacities will give every student of the consolidated university access to all the combined facilities for study in his/her discipline, which are are currently scattered and mediocre.--UgoG. Ugo Nwokeji, Ph.D.
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Peter Obi Committee Proffers 200,000-capacity 'Mega Universities'
FOR APGA AND EDUCATION POLICIES, CALL APGA USA@ 617-642-0593, 508-663-6128THE National Economic Council (NEC) last Thursday approved the conversion of one university in each of the six geo-political zones to a 'Mega University.' The recommendation for the conversion was part of those contained in the report of the Peter Obi-led Technical Committee on the recommendations of the Needs Assessment of Nigerian Universities (CNANU).
Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting, which had in attendance the president, vice president, state governors, ministers among others, Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, said the president approved all the recommendations of the committee.
The committee recommended the upgrading of one university in each of the six geo-political zones to the status of a Mega University to expand their intakes from the present number of students. Obi stated that government wants to create universities that are capable of taking up to 200,000 students as against the less than 30,000 admitted by some of the biggest universities in Nigeria.
A decision has, however, not been taken on which universities will be considered for selection. The committee's report, which followed an extensive review of the CNANU report presented to the Federal Executive Council on September 19, 2012, therefore made the following recommendations towards changing the fortunes of the universities:
"The Committee agreed with CNANU that funding was a big issue in tertiary education and recommended that both the Federal and State Governments should prioritise funding by raising budgetary allocation to schools and guaranteeing that funds for education are disbursed as appropriated to ensure that the necessary facilities are provided.
"It recommended the strengthening of the composition and character, especially of external members, of the Governing Councils of the Universities by populating the board with members who have a direct stake in academics to ensure better management of the universities.
The committee had noted that the Nigerian University system is grossly understaffed and recommended the introduction of attractive incentives towards promoting post-graduate education and upgrading the academic qualifications of all lecturers to PhD level within a given period.
"The Committee also recommended the designation of a focal Federal University per geo-political zone to be upgraded towards expanding its absorptive capacity to between 150,000 – 200,000 students in the medium term."
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