MANAGEMENT OF NIGERIA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND THE MENACE OF UNEMPLOYMENT: A MISMATCH

On the basis that the manpower dividend will be enjoyed by the economy, successive governments in Nigeria have invested on education, yet over the years, the economy has not been able to absorb majority of its output. What could be termed `unemployment’ has now reached a level where parents, government, institutions’ administrators and other education stakeholders are worried. In this paper, the issue of unemployment of majority of outputs from the educational system in Nigeria is examined, with particular focus on its causes and consequences. Giving priority to science and technical courses in the educational institutions instead of the humanities, review of the curriculum of the educational system, tackling the prevailing energy crisis are among the measures suggested for the menace to become a thing of the past in Nigeria.