THE ROLE OF WORLD BANK IN FUNDING HIGHER EDUCATION: IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Funding education is the thrust upon which success is established in the realization of the goals of higher education in Nigeria.A properly funded education engenders positive learning outcomes with higher qualityachieved. Under-funding is the critical challenge facing the Nigerian higher education system. There is a remarkable increase in the demand for Higher Education and its financing has remained an issue that has occupied an unending debate in the Nigerian public domain. This paper attempts to assess therole of World Bank in funding Higher Education in Nigeria. The paper also attempts to x-ray other imperatives of Higher Education in Nigeria such as the supervisory role of the National Universities Commission as well as the obstacles in funding Higher Education in Nigeria.The paper draws a conclusion that adequate attention should be given to funding higher education due to its strategic importance in the life and polity of the Nigerian nation; that much has been achieved by basic education and secondary level education through World Bank intervention.
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