Integrating The Nigerian Education Sector into The Global Education Space: Economic Implications of Lecturers Exposure and Practices

: The need to tap from the global education space has attracted the attention of stakeholders in recent times. This study, therefore, investigated the integration of the Nigerian Education System into the Global Education Space. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study used the descriptive survey research design. The population comprised 7,683 academic staff in the five federal Universities in the South-East, Nigeria, while the sample was a total of 380 academic staff who were selected using the multi-stage sampling approach. A 25-item validated instrument titled Global Education Scale has used to elicit information from the respondents. The instrument's reliability was determined using the Cronbach Alpha method, and a coefficient of 0.71 obtain. The stated research question answer using mean and standard deviation, while the hypothesis test using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that the level of exposure and practices on global education among lecturers was significantly low, and a significant relationship exists between the Nigerian education system and global education. Therefore, the government increases allocation to education adequately trains lecturers on global education, and the Nigerian education system should be integrated into the global education space to tap every benefit across the globe.