Date: 2014-04-07

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali has said that the education content of universities in Ghana, Malaysia and Ivory Coast was not better than that of Nigeria.

In a media chat with journalists in Ilorin on Sunday, he stated that Nigerians were seeking for tertiary education in those countries because of the inability of universities in Nigeria to accommodate all admission seekers.

According to him, it was needful to re-orientate admission seekers and their parents/guardians that polytechnics and other tertiary education other than university education were also good for human development, skill development and wealth creation.

The VC also said that many Nigerians prefer to engage in their doctorate degree programmes abroad because of better infrastructure which will assist them complete their programmes on time.

Ambali said, “A critical look at the academic content of the Nigerian educational curriculum shows it is not below standard. Then the government also directs us that every five years, curriculum should be reviewed to keep everybody in tune with the best international standard practices.