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This study examined the leadership adoptation of quota system of admission policy into Nigerian higher institutions. The study is a survey research design using two objectives and a null hypothesis as a guide for the study. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample size of three hundred and fifty (350) entrance board members of the faculties and senior staff members of admission units of the south east Nigerian higher institutions. Two major instruments were used to collect data, on factors militating against leadership adoption of quota system of admission policy with a reliability index .81 and nature of quota system of admission with reliability index of .79. T-test hypothesis was used to test the study at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The study revealed that University admission based on quota system policy decreases the quality of education and encourages ethnicity and nepotism in admission of students, it also gives room for admission of incompetent and unqualified persons into different institutions of higher learning and thereby leading to lowered educational standards, among others.
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