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Article Title: The History Of Architectural Education, Practice And Entrepreneurship In Nigeria: Impacts And Implications In The 21St Century
by MBINA, Anthony Adomi (Ph.D.)

Abstract:
Nigeria�s involvement in higher education is recent. That was in 1934, when the Yaba Higher College was established.Generally, the introduction of higher education in Nigeria was not intended at producing fully qualified professionals, but at the training of middle-level manpower required by the Colonial Administration. So when the modern architectural education was introduced into Nigeria three decades ago (or after the second world war), it marked the beginning of a turn from a hitherto familiar building practice dominated by master mason, prevalent in various pockets of urban societies in the country. This modern system was adopted from a western model which separated the twin functional designer-artisan as found in the traditional master builder, and enables the architect to approach the issue of creation of buildings from a scientific perspective.The Nigerian architect is however still largely an alien professional whose skills and services are yet to be fully understood and accepted by the larger society.It is against the above back ground that this paper examines architectural education in Nigeria with a view to identifying some of the problems of the system and suggests possible solutions.

Keywords: Architectural History, Education, Entrepreneurship, Implications, 21st Century

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