Deregulation and Tertiary Education in Nigeria: Implications for National Development (original) (raw)
The study investigated the perceived impact of government policy of deregulation on tertiary educational system in Nigeria. Edo state was taken as the case study. A total of 881 respondents provided responses that were used for analysis. Data analysis was accomplished using frequency tables, mean and Friedman test.The respondents felt the enactment of the policy was borne out of government inability to fund tertiary education development (mean = 3.45) and called for stricter issuance of licensing (mean = 3.37). In the opinion of the respondents, deregulation of the tertiary educational system has had important positive and negative impacts on the educational sector. Notable positive impacts included increased students enrolment or admission into tertiary institutions in the country (mean = 4.58), and improved infrastructural development (mean = 4.00). The major negative impacts of the deregulation bordered on increased unemployment among university graduates (mean = 3.99) and compromised admission process/procedures employed by private tertiary institutions (mean = 3.91). Friedman test showed that significant differences exist in the perceived impact of the deregulation of the tertiary education sector.Based on the findings the author recommends among others that; government should exercise closer monitoring of institutions with license to operate private universities; government should also expand the industrial development to encourage employment and,the officers of the quality control agencies should be encouraged to maintain professionalism in the conduct of their exercise.
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