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OVERVIEW OF EDUCATION, ACADEMIC AND PhD RESEARCH IN NIGERIA

Isaiah Ola Abolarin, Vivian Adebola Alofe

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Abstract

There are many things people do mindlessly without proper understanding of why those things are done. One of such things happens to be formal education as it currently is in Nigeria. Education has been narrowed down to acquisition of certificate and degree. An important question that is to be answered is, are those people acquiring certificates and degrees educated? Education is beyond certificate and degree. The understanding of what education is and why of it determines the process, content and practices. One of the core process or engagement in education is research. Research has been lowered to filling pages with words whether the person knows what is there or not. And this has negatively influenced terminal degree final projects which is PhD thesis and the process of carrying it out including the supervision procedure. By extension these things are influence the society as whole. Therefore, this study using qualitative approach to research interacted with plethora of literature to give and overview of what education is and how the understanding determines and affects academic practices and PhD research. The study presents what education is about and how ideal academic practices operate with the way PhD research should be carried out in order to have positive impact on the society.  

Keywords: Formal education, academic practices, qualitative approach to research, PhD thesis, supervision procedure