Highlevel Manpower Development An Assessment Of The Growth And Academic Performance Of Nigerian Universities

ABSTRACT

In an ardent attempt to put their natural resources into better use, developed and developing countries have given a very high priority to the planning and development of high-level manpower wince the end of World War II. The university, being the capetone of any country's educational system and the main supplier of graduates and allied high-level manpower, undoubtedly assumes a strategic position in any serious endeavour to develop highly skilled personnel. Consequently in Nigeria, huge amounts of both public and private funds have been devoted to the development of university education:

By 1976, the country had ten universities and three university colleges as against only one university college in 1959 with student intake and graduate out- turn increasing quite markedly over the years. However, government and university authorities have been confronted with various problems in their attempt to develop university education. Some of such problems were examined in this study.