21st CENTURY UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM?

Sometimes I wonder why should full-time  bachelor degree last up to four years. Can't we have the number of years reduced? Those in the health professions should not be left out of this. A student learnt through lectures and other activities provided by the school calendar but how strictly are this adhered to? The number of contact times a lecturer need to have per semester are hardly fulfilled yet university still graduate the student. Who makes up the lost hours? Lecture method is a very poor method for imparting knowledge according to research and yet in the 21st century students are expected to learn this same way as their fathers three to four decades ago. Change is what is expected. From observation lecturers miss several classes and rush to finish course programmes last minute. Is this a productive approach to teaching? Unfortunately, school authorities look the other way. 21st century students learn differently, they learn every moment and everyday. They do not learn new things only in the classroom but everywhere in the Internet, students of this age learn differently. So they learn continually and consistently. Some have argued that what they do with phone is usually social interaction but it has been established that they learn a lot more from social activities and so develop skill that enable them manage their studies in a more productive manner instead of depend on lectures that most times have to be rescheduled. The Internet is a more dependable place to learn at the convenience of the student and at any given time of interest. Stuffs that university lecturers give are sometimes obsolete and are forced down the throat of the students otherwise they will be in trouble. Students are therefore intimidated and compelled to 'download' whatever the lecturer gave in other to pass examination. A look at Nigerian Universities and mostly African Universities will reveal this practice in its quantum proportion.
If you ask me I will tell you straight that this is one of the reasons Nigerian Universities are still struggling to implement fully online courses (not even MOOC) when Universities that have made global marks are already running fully online courses. Fully online courses saves money and resources and very efficient if well managed. A student can play the traditional methods many ways and get away with their wrongs. For example if you are a lecturer that is strict on attendance then student could sign the attendance sheet on behalf of one another. Individual and group assignments could be paid for, project works are done by the most hardworking working student within the group, lecturers are paid to write thesis for students, missed test and  assignment could attract a fee if the student meets a compromising lecturer; you can pay to influence your final GPA and class of degree; someone can sit school examination on your behalf. The list is endless. University curriculum needs to be revisited in the light of the emerging 21st century pedagogy or pedagogy that 21st is compelling us to embrace. Who then will bell the cat when the duration of a full time programme is a measure of its worth?