However, this is a high-sounding formula that is not easily realized in a third world educational context like Nigeria. One all-round situation is the dissonance between research methodology, global best practices and local realities. xThere is also the lamentable lack of research and development (R&D) that connects the universities with local industries and private sector. It seems to me that a lot of development challenge can be taken up and resolved within this public-private partnership between universities and the private sector in attending to development and governance challenges. And most of these universities spent these subventions on overheads, rather than in the development of innovative research.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2021 03:30 UTC