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A Profile Of The Nigerian Educational System And Policy Options For Improved Educational Development For Rapid Economic Growth And Development, M O. Ojo, O. Adesanya, A. Bamidele

CBN Occasional Papers

Attempts is made in this paper to situate Nigeria's educational system within the context of her overall economic development in view of the universal acceptance of the ultimate importance of human resources in determining the level and manner of economic progress. The various ways in which education contributes to the process of economic development are explored. A statistical review and appraisal of the Nigerian Educational system show that given its current level, the system is under-developed as reflected by an overall adult literacy ratio of 49.5% and primary school enrollment level of 63.5% of the primary school-age cohort as at …

Advocate, September/October 1997, Vol. 9, No. 1, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Higher Education Services Corporation Hires Private Company to Track Student Loan Defaulters. Andrea Zimmerman (p. 1)

Italian-American Group Charges CUNY Discriminates. Mark Petras (p. 1)

Administrators Seek Staff Increase for Computing Service and Library. Mark Petras (p. 1)

Anti-Sweatshop Coalition Fights Corporate Greed. Mark Petras (p. 1)

Pataki to Approve CUNY “Workfare” Legislation for Students on Public Assistance. Andrea Zimmerman (p. 3)

Annals of Administration: CUNY’s Controversial Writing Assessment Test to be Administered at All Community Colleges (p. 4)

Masthead (p. 2)

Editorial Page (p. 2)

ABC Has Insulted Our Intelligence. Mark Petras.

CUNY BOT’s “Committee of …

The Advocate, April/May 1997, Vol. 8, No. 5, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Two Public Officials Support CUNY/SUNY Systems; Oppose Governor Pataki’s proposed 1997-1998 Executive Budget. Staff (p. 1)

Conference Speakers Denounce Budget Cuts. Staff (p. 1)

Higher Education Cuts Threaten State’s Economic Vitality. Charles J. Hynes (p. 1)

Socialist Scholars Discuss Adjuncts, Importance of Student Activism. Mark Petras (p. 3)

Local / Global: A Symposium on the New Times Square. Alan Moore (p. 4)

Annals of Administration: CUNY Board of Trustees Appropriations and Salaries: At What Cost? Andrea Zimmerman (p. 5)

Special Report. The Pawn Broker: Citibank Never Sleeps When Gouging Students with CUNYCard; CUNY Administrators Defend Racist, Anti-Student …