Declining Quality of Intellectual Output in Nigeria's Tertiary Intitutions of Learning: the Underlining Existential Factors.

Abstract

The paper has pointed out that the quality of intellectual output in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions of learning has continued to decline. It has identified economic, social and political factors as the lacking existential factors causing the decline. The paper has thus recommended that education in Nigeria be adequately funded and that managers of institutions of higher learning should devise mechanisms to ensure proper management of the funds. Political interference in the running of institutions of higher learning should be discouraged while parents should inculcate in their children the values of hard work and honesty.

Key words: Declining quality; intellectual output; tertiary institutions; existential factors.