Nigerian university system statistical digest 2019.
Date
2019
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Maitama, Abuja: National Universities Commission 26, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, PMB 237, Garki GPO,
Abstract
Statistics of universities in Nigeria 2019 ;Statistics of principal officers of Nigerian universities ; Enrolment in Nigerian universities ;Graduate output from Nigerian universities; Staffing in Nigerian universities; Student and staff population analysis in Nigerian universities; Total count of academic programmes In Nigerian universities; ICT infrastructure and services in universities ; Efficiency; Funding the Nigerian university system in 2019; Affiliate institutions ; Statistics of affiliate institutions In Nigeria 2019 ; Statistics of principal officers of affiliate institutions; Enrolment in affiliate institutions; Graduate output from affiliate institutions ; Academic staffing in affiliate institutions.
Description
This is a brief description of the 3rd edition of the NUC Nigerian university system (NUS) statistical digest of data on university education in Nigeria. It is the third in the series since NUC re-started collecting, collating and publishing statistics of Nigerian universities from 2017. This edition provides more detailed information on the universities by increasing the number of variables, as well as inclusion of statistics of autonomous institutions affiliated to Nigerian universities to offer degrees of the affiliate parent universities. Out of the 170 universities in the NUS, four did not provide data! These universities are: Gombe State university of science and technology, Kumo; Moshood Abiola university of science and technology, Abeokuta; Southwestern university, Okun Owa; and Westland university, Iwo. NUC shall take all necessary steps to ensure that all universities provide data for the next edition, without fail. The 2017 and 2018 editions provided data by university and gender on: enrolment, graduate output, staffing, etc. In this edition, the fields have been expanded to include: enrolment (undergraduate and postgraduate) by levels, by programmes, by disciplines; new entrants by level, by programme, by disciplines; graduate output (undergraduate and postgraduate) by class of degree, by programme and by discipline. Others are: academic staff by rank by programme, by discipline and nonacademic staff by rank in academic and non-academic units. Additionally, collated data were ranked by number and by gender, as applicable, to make data presentation more logical and scientific. A total of 2,159,461 students are enrolled directly by the NUS at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels through full-time and part-time modes, out of which 931,523 (43.1%) are females. There are 114 affiliations involving 105 affiliate institutions (polytechnics, colleges of education, religious institutes, Specialized Institutions), which offer degree programmes in affiliation to 23 Nigerian universities. of the 105 affiliate institutions, 72 provided statistical data for this edition. The data from the affiliate institutions covers their enrolments, new entrants, graduate output, and academic staffing. A total of 78,761 students are enrolled by affiliate institutions at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, out of which 39,015 (49.5%) are females.