Higher Education Conclave in Nigeria and Challenges of Virtual Learning Environment

This paper exponents the concept of virtual learning as an alternative mode of learning within the context of Nigerian University System (NUS). The paper extrapolates the beginning of higher education in Nigeria with a view to situating the developments that have taken place from the post-independence to date. The suitability or otherwise of the in-person mode in the context of the current reality (virtual learning) is critically examined with a view to identifying the challenges. The paper, while making use of some secondary data, clinically hazards the challenges militating against the thriving of Electronic Learning in the NUS arising from the challenge of corona virus in the year 2020. Gleaning from lack of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), poor attitude and policy deficit challenges, the paper paper makes some recommendations which could impact on policy development in the NUS. The paper, therefore, strongly advocates the need to make NUS at par with what obtains in global virtual conclave.