Statistical education in the developing countries of Africa: The Nigerian experience

This address will deal only with Statistical Education in post secondary institutions in Nigeria. The problems of Statistical Education can be put into two categories: (a) Problems that are near universal: Acceptability of Statistics as a distinct area of study; insufficient number of statistics teachers at different levels; balance between theory and practice in teaching statistics. (b) Problems that are culture oriented: remoteness of Africa; inadequacy of modern facilities: books, journals, computers for teaching statistics at various levels. For problems under category (a), our solutions are not any different from the ones already suggested and discussed by many eminent statistics educators.