In 2019, some 73.4 thousand academic employees were working at universities in Nigeria, including professors, readers, and lecturers. The faculties of basic health and health sciences had the highest teacher-student ratio. In this discipline, there were 24 students every teacher. In medicine and veterinary medicine, instead, there were six students per one teacher.
Teacher-student ratio at universities in Nigeria as of 2019, by discipline
(students per teacher)
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National Universities Commission. (September 8, 2021). Teacher-student ratio at universities in Nigeria as of 2019, by discipline (students per teacher) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263228/teacher-student-ratio-at-universities-in-nigeria/
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National Universities Commission. (2021). Teacher-student ratio at universities in Nigeria as of 2019, by discipline (students per teacher). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263228/teacher-student-ratio-at-universities-in-nigeria/
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