Nigeria’s Education Paradox: How the system betrays its brightest minds

In recent years Nigeria has graduated a record number of “first-class” honors students. Seven major universities alone produced 1,899 first-class degrees in one convocation year. This surge follows a 2014–15 boom in JAMB exam-takers (over 1.6 million candidates in 2014) and a long tail of grade inflation. Yet top grades have not translated into jobs. Educators [...]The post Nigeria’s Education Paradox: How the system betrays its brightest minds first appeared on Business Hallmark.

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