CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Higher education all over the world has been generally accepted as a very powerful instrument in the socio-economic and technological advancement of any nation. It occupies a strategic position in the nation’s educational system. This is because; it is the cornerstone for national development.

       According to the National Policy on education (2004:36), tertiary education, which is also called higher education “is the education given after secondary education in universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, monotechnics including those institutions offering corresponding courses”.

       The goals of tertiary education include:

a.          To contribute to national development through high level relevant manpower training.

b.          To develop and inculcate proper values for the survival and the society.

c.           To develop the intellectual capability of individual to understand and appreciate their local and external environment.

d.          To acquire both physical and intellectual skills which will enable individuals to be self-reliant and useful members of the society?

e.          To protect and encourage scholarship and community service.

f.            To forge and cement national unity, and

g.          To promote national and international understanding and interaction (NPE, 2004).

The above goals leave everyone without any doubt that tertiary institutions are established to give professional training for the production of highly motivated, conscientious and efficient manpower, which is necessary for nation-building.

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