At least 51 Nigerian Universities led by Covenant University, Ota, have made an impressive outing in the first Times Higher Education 2023 Sub-Saharan Africa rankings.
At an unveiling event in Accra, Times Higher Education announced the results of its 2023 Sub-Saharan university rankings.
The event was attended by a delegation from Nigerians led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), Professor Peter Okebukola.
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Okebukola, who was excited on return to Abuja, provided details of the results to Newsmen
He said Covenant University emerged in the 7th position in Sub-Saharan Africa and the No 1 in Nigeria.
Other universities that appeared on the elite list and their ranks are the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (26th), Benson Idahosa University (30th), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (31st ), Redeemer’s University (35), University of Ibadan (36), CRUTECH (37th), OAU, Ife (39th) Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (43rd ), Adeleke University (45th), and Ahmadu Bello University (46th ).
Others are the University of Benin (47th), Landmark University(49th), Babcock University (50th), Ajayi Crowther University (51-60th), the Bells University of Technology (51-60th ), Federal University Kashere (51-60th ), Federal University Lokoja (51-60th ), Gombe State University (51-60th ), Lagos State University (51-60th ), the University of Port Harcourt (51-60th ), Baze University (51-60th ), Delta State University (61-70th ), Elizade University (61-70th ), Niger Delta University (61-70th ), Abia State University (71+), Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (71+), Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Ikere (71+), Bauch State University (71+), Bayero University (71+), Edo State University (71+), LAUTECH (71+), Lead City University (71+), NOUN (71+), Glorious Vision University (formerly Samuel Adegboyega University (71+), Veritas University (71+), and Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (71+).
The former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Adamu Rasheed said the methodology of the sub-Saharan African rankings is on five pillars- resources and finance (20%); access and fairness (20%); teaching skills (20%); student engagement (20%) and Africa impact (20%).
He noted that on all measures, Nigerian universities did impressively well, with much room for improvement.
Okebukola said that since this is the first edition of the sub-Saharan university rankings, by the next and subsequent editions, Nigerian universities will leap to the lead.
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