A REVIEW OF FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMISSION CRISIS IN NIGERIAN HIGHER EDUCATION AND WAY FORWARD
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.v1i5.269Keywords:
Admission, crisis, Higher education, UniversitiesAbstract
The Nigerian higher education is the largest in Africa. Higher education in Nigeria are established with the main aim of producing manpower for the development of the country. Nigerian higher education is faced with many problems. It has been observed that every year millions of people applied for admission and placement in the various higher institutions but only few were finally admitted. This problem have caused many young Nigerian to seek foreign higher education. This paper discussed the factors responsible for the admission crisis in the Nigerian higher institutions. Among other factors discussed were the concept of higher education, admission crisis and the factors responsible for the admission crisis in the Nigerians’ higher institutions. The paper concluded by given some recommendations. Secondary and primary data were used in the paper. The paper used social demand theory.
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