"It is not surprising that parents do not want their children to attend university in Nigeria. Many students themselves would leave if they had the opportunity. About ten years ago, I left after almost three years at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, not so much because of the conditions, which were not good, but because I no longer wanted to study medicine. Now, the student complaints are sadly the same—the classes are overcrowded, no books in the library, no computers, no chemicals in the lab, lecturers force students to buy handouts which are just recycled outdated textbooks, incessant lecturer strikes elongate programs, exam schedules are often haphazard. Private universities are increasing in the country, many of them affiliated to churches, many of them expensive."
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in Guernica, writing about Nigeria's educational challenges in Nigeria. Brilliant.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in Guernica, writing about Nigeria's educational challenges in Nigeria. Brilliant.
- Ikhide
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