LOW QUALITY OF TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN NIGERIA : A THREAT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Quality education is the most powerful weapon a nation can give her people, and this can be used for self-enlightenment and sustainable development. One of the aims of quality tertiary education is to equip one with capability, skills to interpret things rightly and apply the information garnered in real life scenarios. In Nigeria today, the opposite is the case in our tertiary institution, because of the low quality of education which has affected the training of quality manpower for economic growth and sustainable development. In view of the above, this paper focuses on low quality of tertiary education system in Nigeria which serve as a threat to sustainable development. It identifies those challenges and causes of low-quality education in our tertiary institution that has affected development over the years. These among others include inadequate funding, strike, examination malpractices, lack of qualified and passionate lecturers, poor supervision of teaching activities, attitudes of lecturers to work, poor implementation of educational policies and brain drain. It is recommended that to prevent all these challenges and to improve the quality of tertiary education in Nigeria, enabling environment should be created for staff through improved conditions of service, providing adequately equipped libraries, well-furnished facilities, increase in the salary structure and deserving benefit to limit brain drain; accreditation exercises in tertiary institutions should be strengthened, qualified internal quality assurance and monitoring units to enhance good quality delivery. This study indicates the fact that once quality education is assured, the outcome of it is development.

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