Abstract:
This study investigated rise and fall in Nigeria Education Sector. The alarming rate of falling standard in Nigeria education system is seen in current inability of Nigeria Graduate to occupy vacant position in labour market. There is evident of mismatch between educational curriculum requirement and current skill requirement in workplaces. The study adopted a descriptive survey as the design. The population of the study consists of 200 students of University of Abuja. Stratified simple random sampling technique was used to select students for participation. The basis of stratification is based on those who are running post graduate studies programme in University of Abuja. The instrument for data collection is a self-structured questionnaire tagged “Rise and Fall of Nigeria Education System Questionnaire Scale” (RFNESQS). The findings of this study revealed that Over population without adequate facilities, Corruption and Politics in the education system, Inadequate Funding of the education sector, Over emphasis on Paper Qualification and Examination Malpractice were identified as the causes of falling standard in Nigeria education system, while Inadequate training and retraining of lecturers, Negative attitude of students and lecturers to study and work respectively, inadequate employment of qualified lecturers, Over reliance on theory rather than practical in Nigerian Universities and Inadequate funding of Nigerian Universities infrastructures were identified as the major causes of declining quality in Nigeria education system. Increase of Budgetary allocation to education, Enactment of UNESCO 26% education allocation, Reform of curriculum with emphasis on practical, Reward system should be by performance and Provision of Adequate infrastructure facilities were identified as actionable strategy for revamping Nigeria education system.
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