The Nigerian Historian and the Challenge of Relevance in the Era of Globalization
Journal Title: LAJOHIS (LASU Journal of History & International Studies) - Year 2021, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
History has virtually become a minority subject in Nigerian universities. Worse still, it is held with so much contempt in the employment market. At the intermediate school level, it is a third alternative to government, or geography. My daughter only recently confessed to me that of the 834 students who sat for the West African Schools Certificate Examinations in her school (Queen’s College, Yaba) this year, only six registered for history. Hardly does any student chose history as a desired course of study in the university matriculation examinations. Those who are studying it are suffering from a crisis of confidence in a discipline on the precipice. As a result, many departments of history are not able to fill the available spaces.
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ADENIJI Abolade
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