Tertiary Education in Nigeria: the Issue of Overpopulation

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Ibiye Omieibi-Davids

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Overpopulation is a major problem in the Nigerian educational system. This problem manifest itself, not only at the compulsory stages of the system- the primary and secondary schools, but also at the tertiary level, which is meant to provide academic excellence and specialization in various skills. The paper examined the issue of overpopulation in Nigerian tertiary education. In doing this it looked at the causes, effect and proffered some solutions. Some of the causes of overpopulation are high demand for education, inadequate number of tertiary schools, massive unemployment, brain drain. Some effect/problems of overpopulation are inadequate teaching-learning facilities, overcrowding, poor class management, indiscipline, poor standard of education, stress, unhealthy environment.

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Omieibi-Davids, I. (2025). Tertiary Education in Nigeria: the Issue of Overpopulation. Excellencia: International Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Education (2994-9521), 3(2), 441-457. https://doi.org/10.5281/

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