Tertiary Education Curricula (TEC) in Nigeria for Wealth Creation and Global Competitiveness

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Today more than ever, the role of tertiary institutions curricula is critical because of changes taking place in the world. For instance, rapid technological changes and globalization have made training in tertiary institutions and the workforce a prerequisite in any nation that wishes to survive global challenges. Hence, this paper discusses the place of tertiary education curricula in Nigeria for wealth creation and global competitiveness. An attempt is made to examine conceptual issues on wealth creation alongside curricula policies and innovations for wealth creation. Despite these, it was observed that failure has trailed numerous attempts at improving the productivity of tertiary institutions curricula. This pose the challenge for developing nations as shown by the Global Competitiveness Ranking (GCR) presented in this paper. Indeed, it is made manifest that avenues for wealth creation are at the door steps. Still, Nigeria is not named among the best thirty countries of the world in the global ratings. Notwithstanding, in the end, among the curriculum operational logistics on wealth creation for global competitiveness put forward include: enhanced school-to-work approach for skills capacity building and cross-border exchange of teaching personnel and instructors as well as technological diffusion to prepare learners for global market competition among others