Every year hundreds of Nigerian students flee the country in search of greener pastures and to gain adequate education too for themselves and to enable them support their families back home. Despite the huge costs of financing ranging from tuition fees, flight expense, cost of living etc, the numbers of immigrates keeps increasing. Canada has been one of the most sought countries for Nigerian students about 80% of Nigerian students reside there. With this data been true, most Nigerians have decided to settle into countries that offer them more opportunities for a better degrees and good quality of life. The high increase of Nigerian students studying abroad have been linked to the poor educational system where most tertiary institutions are underfunded leading to incessant ASUU strike, corruptions etc. The truth of the matter still remains that Nigerian universities struggle to accommodate the rising population of student and also lack proper conducive environment, unqualified lecturers, with a lack of infrastructure. These are the problems contributing to the low quality of good education in Nigeria.
With the increased number with Nigerian population, employers of labor in Nigeria prefer people who studied abroad, especially in foreign countries with better quality of education, because the employers believe that they have acquired solid education and experiences abroad and are exposed to better learning facilities and are more skilled than graduates from Nigeria. Since top companies prefer to hire graduates who have studied abroad, a lot of Nigerians now prefer to study abroad in order to have an edge over their counterparts whenever they return to Nigeria for job hunting. In developed countries and the way in which their economy and education is structured, it enables the student to school and work at the same time. Most schools in the USA allows students to apply for education aid to take care of their tuition and living expenses. Studying abroad is usually the most preferred option because the student will be exposed to teaching methods, quality learning facilities and a conducive environment, classes are not over crowded, and students are always exposed to practical terms and teaching methologies.
Migrating abroad as a Nigerian student is a lifetime changing opportunity to access high quality education in modern world class facilities. There are lots of personal, academic and career benefits to gain from studying abroad, as a student studying in country like Canada or Finland, you are allowed to work 20 hours weekly. You can earn and save or even enjoy a lifestyle that is affordable for an international student. Aside from that, there are numerous full and partial scholarships awarded for academic excellence and other reasons that cover tuition fees and living expenses. You could acquire new skills, hobbies and sharpen your English language skills and opportunity to learn a foreign language as well as gain a foreign qualification with international exposure, the student will be valuable to any organization in Nigeria.
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