International Journal in Management & Social Science
Year : 2015, Volume : 3, Issue : 8
First page : ( 205) Last page : ( 217)
Online ISSN : 2321-1784.

Corollary of Government Policies on University Admission: A review of Nigerian Universities

Adetunji A. T., Ogunleye K. A.

Department of Business Administration, Bowen University Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria

Online published on 22 June, 2018.

Abstract

Prior to Nigerian independence, university education was established by the colonial masters mainly with the aim of training and supplying highly skilled manpower to take over the running of the government ministries and establishments and to promote development within the state. Since after independence, these policies, aims of establishing and running of universities have to a large extent remain the same with no major overhauling, especially in public universities. This paper examines how government policies on university education have impact on university admission in Nigeria. In order to achieve this objective the study identifies Government policies on university education and admissions and reviews them in line with the modern day realities, especially as relating to admissions in universities. The relevant literatures/documents studied and used for this paper cover major policies on university admissions, an approach which has received less attention in past studies on university education in Nigeria. This paper will therefore fill the gap in knowledge by studying government polices on Nigerian university admissions with the aim of understanding how the universities have been operating in terms of students ’admission. The recent out cry that accompanied Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) attempt to introduce some new policies on admission to universities in Nigeria also makes this study not only relevant but also timely. A qualitative approach was adopted with the use of interviews as the sole research instrument. The findings reveal that admission processes that could add value to the quality of the graduates produced have not been considered effective due to different government policies affecting the smooth running of the system.

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Keywords

Admission, government policy, implementation, University.

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