ABSTRACT
Over the last few decades, educational migration in Africa has been on the increase. Driven by the quest for knowledge, global competitiveness and better quality of education, young graduates are leaving the continent in large numbers to study abroad. Many of the individuals who travel for further study seldom return after completing their studies, which constitute a form of brain drain. Several of Africa's higher institutions are poorly funded and lack adequate educational resources and facilities. Also, poor remunerations of academics and learning conditions have resulted in regular strikes, which have further crippled the institutions and increased educational migration. Using secondary data obtained from the United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), this study examined the relationship between government's funding of education, strikes by members of higher institutions and educational migration in Nigeria. The findings of the study, used in writing this chapter, revealed a significant negative relationship between educational funding and educational migration, a non-significant relationship between educational funding and educational migration and a non-significant relationship between educational funding and striking. The chapter finally recommends that more funding be provided by the government and that the private sector's support be solicited to equip tertiary institutions. More importantly, better monitoring and implementation of allocated funds are advocated.
