Nigerian Students with Foreign Degrees have an Edge
While a good number of Nigerian students who travel abroad for studies end up securing well-paying jobs in the host countries. Some of them do come back home after attaining their degrees.
Their expensive and foreign degrees give them an edge in the cut-throat competition that is the Nigerian job market. There are very few jobs to go by, and having a degree from an ivy league school in the US, will make you as a job candidate cut ahead of the queue.
The sad state of affairs is that over half of graduates coming out of Nigeria universities remain unemployed. Graduates applying for jobs in Nigeria only secure employment when they are the best of the best, and foreign degree serves a great deal in creating that impression.
Wrapping up…
Nigerians value education, and they will spare no expense to acquire the best education and to the highest possible standards. It is a culture that has been molded into them by their parents, who saw the educated land white-collar jobs with better pay. At least when compared to traditional sources of income like farming.
However, as the country came out of the yolks of colonization, the successive governments of the day have mismanaged the country’s resources, plundered the country into war, and the population snowballed, making Nigeria a struggle for existence. Nigerian students keen on turning the tide in their favor have since opted for foreign education, which could land them better jobs and higher quality of life outside Nigeria.
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