| | Since the manifestation of the economic crisis in 1982 in Nigeria, policies have dominated development policy including what some consider a non-productive social sector - education. The succeeding regimes of Shagari (1979-1983), Buhari (1984-1985) and Babangida (1985- ) have closed down many institutions of learning especially at the primary and secondary levels, retrenched academic and non-academic staff, reduced the level of subvention to institutions of learning, removed centralised catering services etc. Various forms of fees and levies as well as user charges have been introduced. These are all attempts to manage problems in the educational sector within the context of austerity, stabilisation and subsequently the structural adjustment programmes. The major principle is to roll back the state and entrench the market. |
