Reimagining Tertiary Education: Issues, Challenges And Solutions

Abstract

Tertiary education in Nigeria is in crisis that requires urgent attention. The reason for this crisis is the failure to appreciate and come to terms with the fact that education is fundamental to national development. Thus, stakeholders in education have come to a consensus that there is a need to save the tertiary education sector from imminent collapse. Hence, the need to reimagine the tertiary education sector by setting the conditions whereby it can perform at its best and compete globally. This paper on reimagining tertiary education: Issues, challenges and solutions have as its main thrust: the meaning of tertiary education, the historical development of tertiary education, the goals of tertiary education, the importance of tertiary education, the needs of tertiary education in Nigeria, issues confronting tertiary education, challenges and possible solutions to issues and challenges of tertiary education in Nigeria. These sub-headings provided the direction for this paper.