A Review of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions of Learning and National Transformation

Abstract

The paper examines the status quo of Nigerian tertiary institutions of learning in the light of the ongoing national transformation. It could be said that national development remained main target of many administrations in the history of Nigeria.  The paper contends that education is a weapon with which national development could be attained through inculcation of right attitudes and social interaction towards addressing the intricacy of national disintegration. To this end, tertiary institutions of learning hold a sensitive key to formation and transformation of our nationhood. When education is generally considered as a mechanism for development, the paper argues that tertiary education teaches learners to be transformative agents in order to sustain the development. In lieu of this,  the paper concludes that tertiary education is a functional tool in achieving national transformation in Nigeria supposedly is properly funded and monitored towards blending and interfacing local wisdom with global knowledge, values and skills, which will equip the student to become a citizen of this country as well as a citizen of the global village.

Keywords: tertiary education, national transformation, national development