Educational Setbacks: It’s Implication on the Quality Administration of Higher Institutions in Rivers State

The study investigated the causes of educational setbacks in Nigeria, despite the efforts of the National Universities Commission (NUC) the educational system is still experiencing some setbacks, hence this research. National Universities Commission (NUC) is a regulatory agency for universities education in Nigeria whose major function is relentlessly guaranteeing the subjective and efficient and effective development of higher education to meet global relevance and competitiveness. Some of the causes of setbacks in education are poor learning environment, examination malpractices, strike actions, insecurity, poor educational foundation, dilapidated facility, high demand of tertiary education etc. the study revealed that strict adherence to NUC admission policy, Employing qualified teacher, post accreditation exercise and so on. The study recommended among others that on job training for staff of the universities can improve the quality, post accreditation exercise will keep the university under check and admission of qualified students therefore universities are encouraged to present themselves the way they are, employ qualify staff and admit students based on merit following the NUC guideline.