Nigerian Universities’ Policies and the Migration of Nigerian Undergraduate Students to Universities in the Republic Of Benin
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Nigeria and the Republic of Benin are located in the West African sub-region and both countries are undergoing similar developmental challenges. Recent statistics show that more Nigerian students are migrating to the Republic of Benin for higher education despite the fact that Times Higher Education (THE Ranking) ranked most Nigerian universities higher than their counterparts in the Republic of Benin. Nigeria also has better job opportunities than the Republic of Benin. Among other reasons, it is pertinent to probe into the motivation behind the increasing migration trend of Nigerian undergraduate students to the Republic of Benin to the point of constituting about 90% of the total population of students in one of the universities in the country. Relying primarily on primary data results from the analysis of both the interviews and questionnaires show that contrary to some previous research findings that explained students’ motivations for migration from the economic or social class point of view, Nigerian undergraduates are migrating to escape “unfriendly” policies and to experience greater personal freedoms.
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