It came as a great shocker when Uniben was announced the Best University in Nigeria and 22nd in Africa. While some students of the school applauded the management for meeting such standards, other students simply tagged it as IMPOSSIBLE. Well according to Webometrics, this is true.
Webometrics is an organization that ranks universities based on the size, content and publications, global performance and visibility of THEIR WEBSITE. They believe that if a University or Institution has a strong web presence, then it should directly affect general performance of such institutions.
According to them, their rankings are not based on number of visits or page design but "It should also reach much larger potential audiences, offering access to scientific knowledge to researchers and institutions located in developing countries and also to third parties (economic, industrial, political or cultural stakeholders) in their own community"
Webometrics clearly states that even though their rankings correlates with quality of education and academic prestige, aspiring student should use additional criteria when choosing a university.
The bottom line is that since the rankings are based on the strength of Web Presence, amount and quality of information obtained on the institution's website, it can not be the ultimate tool to grading Standards or quality of Universities in Nigeria.
From the Ranking;
The top five Universities in Nigeria are;
1. University of Benin - Uniben
2. University of Agriculture Abeokuta - Unaab
3. University of Ibadan - UI
4. University of Nigeria - UNN
5. Obafemi Awolowo University
The bottom five, starting from the worst are;
1. Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti) - On the bottom of the list
2. Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi
3. Kogi State University
4. Fountain University Osogbo
5. Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil
The full list can be found by clicking here
In Africa, six South African Universities topped the list with University of Cape Town taking the number 1 position. UNIBEN comes in 22nd, UNAAB on the 35th and UI is 38th on the list. If you need the full African Universities list, Click here
In the World's List, Havard University Tops the list, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and then Stanford University, all in USA. Infact, the first 16 Universities are in the USA. Uniben in this section ranked 1,639th, UNAAB ranked 2,266th and UI ranked 2,515.
This is simply a wake up call to all Universities in Nigeria to strive and meet up because the world is watching. A website loaded with information that will be beneficial to the world is all it takes to get to the top so what are you waiting for?
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