The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abubakar Rasheed, has disclosed that the commission is currently processing 303 applications for the establishment of more private universities in the country.

Prof Rasheed disclosed this at a two-day National Summit on Private Universities with the theme “Private University Education Delivery in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities.”


He said the applications were received from group of individuals, corporate and faith-based organizations across the country.

He said the summit was aimed at supporting Nigerian government’s effort at developing academic, institutional and executive capacities within the higher education sub-sector, to enable it compete effectively and be relevant in an increasingly knowledge-driven economy.


According to him the commission is working with the National Assembly to review the guidelines for the establishment of private varsities, saying, it is no longer realistic to say a university must be built in a 100 hectares of land.

He however expressed dissatisfaction on inflation of unhealthy parallel grades by private universities.

He noted that in spite of the challenges they have done well in assisting government in providing university education.

Also speaking, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede said some private universities have fallen short of expectation.

The minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Arc Sonny Echono, stated that the private universities are faced with numerous challenges of inadequate funding, proprietor influence, staffing and students’ admission quota among others.

He said there is need to do more to attract best brains in the world to come and teach in Nigerian varsities as well as foreign students as well.

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nuc-processing-303-applications-for-new-private-universities.html

Haba... NUC is granting licenses indiscriminately because of the 200 million naira for licensing fees. NUC should have increased the minimum requirements for establishing universities at least a decade ago.

We need more private university in the country

We are yet to get a sound education minister in Nigeria. No innovations, no reforms and no adequate funding. While others are making plans for tomorrow, we are still using 1867 templates.


R.I.P Education in Nigeria

Mehnn

Do we really need these universities?

The moment Nigerians see a business as profitable, they ll "flood" it until they kill it. It's not like as if the owners of these universities built them to reduce the problems facing the country but to reduce their own money problems.

A time is coming in this country when certificates from private universities will stop being recognised.

Smh

Nonsense country. I know most of those schools will have just one building

At this rate, private schools will completely take over while Government institutions continue to languish in the lower echelons of
quality academic delivery.

303 private universities?I swear this one weak me.

Very soon the private universities will be cheaper than federal owned universities.

The poor man pikin can boast of going to a private uni

It is becoming a pure water venture.

shuttox:
We need more private university in the country

No, we need more industries in the country.


I will reject all. We have enough Universities, Polytechnics, College of Educations, etc

What happens if they invest in existing universities...or build research centres for biotechnology or in agricultural fields?

I will say this again...We Africans especially Nigerians got a serious problem.

Garbage in Garbage out.


All thanks to kick backs, i can bet half would be from our Pentecostal churches who are competing to outdo themselves so that daddy g.o can buy private jet

Those people that want to establish university should Chanel their resources to industries and agricultural sector to create jobs and improved the economy.

303.! Not bad though. As long as they are properly equipped with facilities to facilitate learning


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And our politicians have failed to tell us how many private banks they have....

Nigerians just know how to abuse everything. I am not sure even UK and Japan have up to 303 private universities.
These schools i am very sure are owned by individuals/politicians who are into this not for the desire to better the standard of the educational system in Nigeria but for profit.

Nna this one weak me.

And yet no job after graduation

shuttox:
We need more private university in the country

why? The existing ones are not fully utilised. Many struggle for students

Hmmm.

We need technical schools , where we can graduate as good technicians not as good slay queens and theorist ...

haryothosyn93:
Very soon the private universities will be cheaper than federal owned universities.

The poor man pikin can boast of going to a private uni

Baba na the quality we dey talk, private university no easy to maintain.

Las las wen he don Sara na school fees go gat reduce drastically while quality go depreciate.

Na student blocking money go dey official to balance lectures salary.

Nobody go dey fit fail students cos they can as well find 50k university go join wen nor dey fail person.


(Presently no private primary/secondary sch dey hardly fail students)

On a mission to mess public school up, in our very eyes you did it to public primary and secondary Schools. Continue

All these private universities with more staff than students. Better invest in research centers, training institutes or some other ventures than on empty universities. Eg Christopher university.

well


they are expensive


but also shows lots of people have money to throw around
takes billions to get a private uni running