Cover Image

Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium

Internationalization of higher education is one of the dynamism of globalization which has reduced institutions of higher learning to a global village by facilitating teaching and learning across Nations and Continents. Not fewer than 4.3 million students chose to study abroad in 2011 and projected...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manzuma-Ndaaba, Ndanusa Mohammed, Harada, Yoshifumi, Romle, Abd Rahim, Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2016
Subjects:
L Education (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/16919/1/8.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/16919/
http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1p89
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uum.repo.16919
record_format eprints
spelling my.uum.repo.169192016-04-12T04:01:16Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/16919/ Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium Manzuma-Ndaaba, Ndanusa Mohammed Harada, Yoshifumi Romle, Abd Rahim Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor L Education (General) Internationalization of higher education is one of the dynamism of globalization which has reduced institutions of higher learning to a global village by facilitating teaching and learning across Nations and Continents. Not fewer than 4.3 million students chose to study abroad in 2011 and projected to increase to approximately 5.8 million by the year 2020.The trend now is that international certificate is seen as a symbol of prestige worldwide with the development of knowledge based economy.The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the push-pull factors of Nigerian international students resulting from ill-conceived and poorly implemented educational policies from colonial era in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the multiplier effects on the economy and the system. The consequences of these policy somersault is the brain drain which has implications on the society with loss of trained, skilled, competent and qualified professionals needed for economic rejuvenation. It serves as clarion call to the Government of Nigeria to be proactive on international student mobility policy.The paper was based on the reviews of Nigeria educational policies, relevant literature's and internet publications on international higher education, industry reports and international organizations statistics. MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/16919/1/8.pdf Manzuma-Ndaaba, Ndanusa Mohammed and Harada, Yoshifumi and Romle, Abd Rahim and Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor (2016) Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 7 (1). pp. 89-96. ISSN 2039-9340 http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1p89 doi:10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1p89
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
building UUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Utara Malaysia
content_source UUM Institutionali Repository
url_provider http://repo.uum.edu.my/
language English
topic L Education (General)
spellingShingle L Education (General)
Manzuma-Ndaaba, Ndanusa Mohammed
Harada, Yoshifumi
Romle, Abd Rahim
Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor
Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium
description Internationalization of higher education is one of the dynamism of globalization which has reduced institutions of higher learning to a global village by facilitating teaching and learning across Nations and Continents. Not fewer than 4.3 million students chose to study abroad in 2011 and projected to increase to approximately 5.8 million by the year 2020.The trend now is that international certificate is seen as a symbol of prestige worldwide with the development of knowledge based economy.The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the push-pull factors of Nigerian international students resulting from ill-conceived and poorly implemented educational policies from colonial era in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the multiplier effects on the economy and the system. The consequences of these policy somersault is the brain drain which has implications on the society with loss of trained, skilled, competent and qualified professionals needed for economic rejuvenation. It serves as clarion call to the Government of Nigeria to be proactive on international student mobility policy.The paper was based on the reviews of Nigeria educational policies, relevant literature's and internet publications on international higher education, industry reports and international organizations statistics.
format Article
author Manzuma-Ndaaba, Ndanusa Mohammed
Harada, Yoshifumi
Romle, Abd Rahim
Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor
author_facet Manzuma-Ndaaba, Ndanusa Mohammed
Harada, Yoshifumi
Romle, Abd Rahim
Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor
author_sort Manzuma-Ndaaba, Ndanusa Mohammed
title Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium
title_short Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium
title_full Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium
title_fullStr Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium
title_full_unstemmed Impact of globalization on Nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium
title_sort impact of globalization on nigeria education system: challenges in the new millennium
publisher MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy
publishDate 2016
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/16919/1/8.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/16919/
http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1p89
_version_ 1644282092436062208
score 13.211869

Similar Items