"WE think the conflict between the Lead City University and the NUC points to a regulatory crisis in university education in Nigeria. Last year, the NUC announced that there were 34 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. Seven of those illegal universities were shut down with the cooperation and assistance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. We do not know what has happened to the remaining 24 illegal universities. If there are illegal universities of this number how many illegal programmes will there be in both legal and illegal universities?
THE number of universities has increased exponentially since the liberalisation of university education in the late 1990s. By the end of 2002 there were over 2,000 programmes across universities in Nigeria, with staff strength of about 25,000. Today, there are 63 public universities and 41 private universities. The federal government recently announced the establishment of six additional federal universities and would continue to set up new ones until each state of the federation has a federal university. The justification for this increase is the need to expand access."
- The Nigerian Tribune (January 28, 2011)
There has been a long-running battle between Lead City University and the NUC as this well-written editorial shows. Very good analysis of the situation. I recommend the editorial to everyone. I especially urge folks to read the comments section. Profoundly heart-breaking.
Oya, read here...
- Ikhide
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