Nigerian govt halts creation of new tertiary institutions for six years

The national authorities has placed a six-year moratorium connected the instauration of caller universities, polytechnics, and colleges of acquisition to guarantee the sustainability of existing institutions.

The determination was made during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) gathering chaired by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, explained that the frost is meant to fortify standards and enactment the fiscal stableness of mostly backstage institutions.

“Access to tertiary acquisition remains a challenge. With the fig of institutions we presently have, we indispensable guarantee backstage schools tin run sustainably,” helium said.

Alausa cited statistic from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), revealing that portion implicit 2.3 cardinal candidates applied for assemblage admittance past year, little than 228,000 were admitted to nationalist universities.

In a related development, FEC restored the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-formal Education (NMEC) to afloat autarkic status. According to Alausa, this follows the commission...