Nigerian Govt moves to scrap tuition fees in Federal Technical Colleges

The Federal Government has announced a reappraisal of the tuition fees for students successful Federal Technical Colleges and directed a nationwide validation of students enrolled successful the Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET, sector.

The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, noted that the reappraisal volition guarantee that nary pupil enrolled successful immoderate Federal Technical College bears the load of paying tuition oregon different organization fees that could represent a obstruction to accessing prime method education.

Alausa made the disclosure astatine the T-31 pupil enactment workout for admittance into Federal Technical Colleges.

He explained that equipping young Nigerians with method acquisition volition empower them with skills for employment, entrepreneurship, and nationalist development.

“I promote each stakeholders to enactment collaboratively to guarantee a seamless, credible, and palmy admittance process. Remain guided by the principles of equity, accountability, and excellence arsenic you prime the adjacent procreation of skilled technicians and craftsmen who volition lend meaningfully to Nigerian concern and economical transformation,” the curate urged.

On his part, the Registrar of NABTEB,  Dr Mohammed Aminu, said the workout is to guarantee that candidates who sat for the 2026 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, are reasonably and transparent...