Nigerian Universities Training Students for Jobs That No Longer Exist – VC
Prof. Labode Popoola, Vice Chancellor of the Osun State University, on Tuesday, lamented that Nigerian universities are training students ...
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Prof. Labode Popoola, Vice Chancellor of the Osun State University, on
Tuesday, lamented that Nigerian universities are training students for
jobs that no longer exist.
Popoola said this while delivering a lecture at the maiden Postgraduate Lecture Series of the Kaduna State University (KASU).
The don said that the absence of meaningful research in the universities had crippled the quest for creativity and innovation required to unleash sustainable development.
He noted that world class universities were sought after because they carred out leading-edge research and were engaged in technology transfer.
His words: “This can only be obtained where there is high concentration of talented lectures and students, abundant resources and favourable governance.
“But what do we see in Nigerian universities; poor funding, poor planning, collapse of academic culture, corruption and blurred vision among others”.
He advised the stakeholders and government to come up with new ideas and engage the rest of the world through research collaboration.
Popoola said this while delivering a lecture at the maiden Postgraduate Lecture Series of the Kaduna State University (KASU).
The don said that the absence of meaningful research in the universities had crippled the quest for creativity and innovation required to unleash sustainable development.
He noted that world class universities were sought after because they carred out leading-edge research and were engaged in technology transfer.
His words: “This can only be obtained where there is high concentration of talented lectures and students, abundant resources and favourable governance.
“But what do we see in Nigerian universities; poor funding, poor planning, collapse of academic culture, corruption and blurred vision among others”.
He advised the stakeholders and government to come up with new ideas and engage the rest of the world through research collaboration.
