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Repositioning Tertiary Education in a Changing and Challenging World: Nigeria Perspective

John Amaoge Wordu

Abstract


Tertiary education is the third level of education that is primarily aimed to instil the appropriate skills and experiences that will help in building the manpower needed in society. The influx of digital technology has not only changed the landscape of teaching and learning but has provided vistas of opportunities and merged challenges to the managers of tertiary education. The study discusses repositioning tertiary education in a changing and challenging world, the Nigeria perspective. The study enumerated the trending changes in tertiary education like artificial intelligence, Google Classroom, and Google Form among other learning management systems used in tertiary education. Challenges in tertiary education in Nigeria were enumerated and some of them are paucity of funds, incessant strikes, and brain drain among others. The study suggests that for tertiary education in Nigeria to be relevant and competitive, managers of education should integrate digital technology into the pedagogical content among others.

Keywords


Tertiary Education; Changing; Challenging Education

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