Is Nigerian Higher Education Admission Policy in Breach of Human Rights Law?

Education plays a vital role in human development. Human experiences overtime as well as evidence from literature has made this assertion a common knowledge. Despite the important role of education in human development, however, across the globe, many people are facing barrier to access education, especially higher education. This paper explores the process of access to higher education in Nigeria. It examines, in particular, current admission policy to higher education in Nigeria and compares this to the UK system. The paper asks whether the current admission policy in Nigeria constitutes a breach to human rights of individuals to access education as well as offers some suggestions on how the current admission policy in Nigeria might be improved. [For the complete Volume 12 proceedings, see ED597979.]