UK university reveals why Nigerian certificates have no value
What is the value of the Nigerian certificate? According to a UK institution, it has almost no value to the students who have spent years trying to acquire it.
UK university reveals why Nigerian certificates have no value
According to the United Kingdom-based Metropolitan School of Business and Management (MSBM), certificates obtained outside Nigeria are more valued than those obtained in the country.
Among the reasons given for placing more value on foreign certificates include: “use of dynamic and relevant practice-based approaches” and the combination of corporate experience with “interactive teaching methodology with live case studies.”
Mosisiye Kayode, the assistant country director of MSBM (Nigeria), explained this in Abuja during the Enterprise 101 workshop organised for business managers, young professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs.
She said: “We have affiliations with schools in the UK but anyone participating in our school in Abuja has worked, studied and lived in the UK at a particular time because you cannot give what you do not have. So anyone who is going to teach in our class is someone who has studied, worked and lived in the UK .
“If you have a certificate from the UK, it is more appreciated because they know that we don’t just give you the teaching, we give you the real life scenario.
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“Enterprise 101 has always been a vision of ours; we have actually been looking forward to bringing in people and entrepreneurs in Abuja to come around because most of them have things they will want to share with other young people just for young aspiring entrepreneurs to actually gain from.”
Chukwugozim Melekwe one of the participants said: “Even though I have some sort of safety net by working right now, it has always been a part of me to make things happen. We need knowledge to be successful. As a professional and aspiring business person, there are questions that I need answers for, there are things I need to know.”
It is important to note that a 2017 global ranking of universities released by the Times Higher Education placed the University of Ibadan in Oyo state, Nigeria at number 801 among the best 978 in the world.