What nonsense, do private universities cares certainly not their fees are on the high side this just someone in want his private university to benefits from project whereas they are not helping....

Confused people

SoNature:
TETFund hasn't been able to save public schools but wants to include private schools in its projects.

Private universities charge a lot of tuition fees, so TETFund should focus on rescuing government schools.

SUNNINO:

Mumu and dollardino, you are not forced to go private school,now FG should be financing private business,you means FG should be financing private hospitals as well. author=fatboyslym007 post=126350536]If you see the atrocities committed by this so called public institutions as regards TETFund you will wonder if we are really about academic excellence. You will see applications turned down on technicalities and frivolous reasons. Especially when it comes to staff training, beneficiaries are based on my-person syndrome...

Inasmuch as I don't support TETFund for infrastructural development in Private Universities. I believe they can benefit from TETFund Research grants.
TETFund's training and research funding should be taken off institutions and be more on a blind peer review process. Let the Nigerian lecturers and researchers apply directly to TETFund and their application sent out on a blinded peer-reviewed. And not go through the Dept then Faculty then school, once you get choke for any of this Omo forget...

Also TETFund may provide infrastructural development funds as loans to Private Universities.

God bless you.

Nobody is saying tetfund should build Lecture Theater for private Universities. Tetfund can sponsor some of their projects and research, training and retraining programs for the lecturers bcoz it would enhance the quality of the students they turned out into the market.

But some old and docile lecturers with outdated lecture handouts, lecturers who cannot stand up to lecture students for 30 minutes would be displaying selfishness and greed as if lecturers in private Universities are not Nigerians with full rights.

It's the attitude of people like ASUU president and their fake age declaration, and frustration of young lecturers that has made young lecturers attractive to private Universities where the facilities are available. They would adjust their age and they would be doing nonsense with female students.

SUNNINO:

Mumu and dollardino, you are not forced to go private school,now FG should be financing private business,you means FG should be financing private hospitals as well. author=fatboyslym007 post=126350536]If you see the atrocities committed by this so called public institutions as regards TETFund you will wonder if we are really about academic excellence. You will see applications turned down on technicalities and frivolous reasons. Especially when it comes to staff training, beneficiaries are based on my-person syndrome...

Inasmuch as I don't support TETFund for infrastructural development in Private Universities. I believe they can benefit from TETFund Research grants.
TETFund's training and research funding should be taken off institutions and be more on a blind peer review process. Let the Nigerian lecturers and researchers apply directly to TETFund and their application sent out on a blinded peer-reviewed. And not go through the Dept then Faculty then school, once you get choke for any of this Omo forget...
Also TETFund may provide infrastructural development funds as loans to Private Universities.

Sunnino Your name rhymes with dollardino just noting.
You just plagiarized my submission and claimed it as your own. Then you went ahead to call yourself Mumu... Shameless...
Fellow Nairalanders: Kindly Please read my submission.

Why including private universities? There are lots of rogues in this country.

They can include the private universities only in human capital development

Inclusion of private universities is insultive and highly ridiculous. For nearly all these universities founded with stolen money from the Nigeria's treasuries and proceeds of nefarious activities, what a double jeopardy and a salt put on the sores of mismanagement of public affairs Nigeria is into..

Inclusion of private universities is insultive and highly ridiculous. For nearly all these universities founded with stolen money from the Nigeria's treasuries and proceeds of nefarious activities, what a double jeopardy and a salt put on the sores of mismanagement of public affairs Nigeria is into..

Having not completed funding the public universities, is it reasonable, nor a show dedicatin and visionary to give the insufficient funds to others undeserving of it. What a complete betrayal of public confidence.....

Zandena:
This is evil, callous, wicked and disastrous to the public universities!
Imagine an agency of government established to help public tertiary institutions in infrastructure and modern teaching facilities would now extend the gesture to privately owned businesses/ institutions whose primary objective is to cripple public institutions.
What is wrong with our government oh God!

"Whose primary objective is to cripple public institutions"! Really!!! This statement alone exposes the quality of your critical thinking and reasoning ability!

I agree with ASUU because these private universities charge high fees

Something is worrying them at TETFUND. Is that what's next for them to do

OlujobaSamuel:
Tetfund was created with an obj to cover all schools and not just public schools, public schools have been the sole beneficiary because private charged substantial fee that covers major infrastructural need.
Modified.
The fund is for just public schools, private is excluded. Thanks

You are incorrect, the fund is sourced from 2% then and now 3% industry tax which could have been shared by Federal, State and Local Government. The money belongs to the three tier of government, so who ever is feeding you with that information is lying to you. The idea of funding private university was initially a plea from the owner which will require amending the act.

Isn't that another calculated attempt to create a conduit pipe to siphon public funds?

Gooding55:
You are incorrect, the fund is sourced from 2% then and now 3% industry tax which could have been shared by Federal, State and Local Government. The money belongs to the three tier of government, so who ever is feeding you with that information is lying to you. The idea of funding private university was initially a plea from the owner which will require amending the act.

I don't understand what you are talking about, tetfund isn't for any 3tiers of govt, so I don't know where you got local, state and fed govt.
Also, I already did a modification to my initial post which you can see, so I don't understand what you are driving at.
Finally, tetfund isn't for sch funding, but infrastructural funding in schools, they don't finance school operations.

What's private universities doing with their enormous charges if they solicit funds from govt jokers

This country no get direction at all.
The same TETFUND that can no longer sponsor lecturers to do Msc and PhD abroad now wants to start infrastructural development in private schools.
Public institutions are in a mess and TETFUND has not done enough to help the situation.

I shake my head for this country.

Bobloco:

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/ASUU-opposes-tetfund-on-inclusion-of-private-varsities-in-projects/amp/

Private institutions pay for TETFUND too

I believe ASUU as a stakeholder in university have always fought to save the public university and make it a better place for everyone, Lecturers (ASUU members), students, parents and even the government (economic growth through research and academic products).

Unfortunately, other stakeholders including some other university workers, students, parents, and the government are too selfish to help the university grow.

OlujobaSamuel:

I don't understand what you are talking about, tetfund isn't for any 3tiers of govt, so I don't know where you got local, state and fed govt.
Also, I already did a modification to my initial post which you can see, so I don't understand what you are driving at.
Finally, tetfund isn't for sch funding, but infrastructural funding in schools, they don't finance school operations.

Obviously you didn't get what I was saying. The industry tax would have been fund shared by the three tiers of government, thus institution from these tiers are the beneficiaries. I didn't mention using TETFund to fund institutions' running cost, you clearly mixed things up. Correction again, the funds are not meant for infrastructure only. We have staff training and development (AST$D), book development, Research and development etc as well.

they should just cancel this TETFUND itself.
na one big FRAUD that has outlive its usefulness

But there are paying the mandatory 2% Education Tax... So ASUU why the quarrel

Tetfund looking for bribe from private institutions..

The private institutions that can bride the most will get TETFUND intervention..

Simple

The real truth is that if Nigerians don't get vigilant..... private institutions will be drafted into TETFUND and this will cause plenty issues...

One is that the idea to create TETFUND was initially proposed by ASUU....ASUU drew up the modalities of how Tetfund was supposed to run.....how funds will be gotten...ASUU came up with the education tax levy on Nigeria. Businesses and ASUU did that...in order to help the government improve the quality of tertiary education facilities in the country.....

Private institutions are not part of ASUU.... so the move to include them is completely antithetical

My fear is just that the current minister of education was drafted from a private university....I really pray that they don't succeed at this...

Phred1717:
But there are paying the mandatory 2% Education Tax... So ASUU why the quarrel

They are paying It....as part of levies...that should have been shared by all tiers of government...will any FG...or state university have gone to be repairing the roads inside a private university....or the buildings.....when the public universities in that state are still far from well catered to yet?... I mean many public universities are not even a quarter of the quality of buildings in the private institutes When you consider the size/quality of facilities per number of students who use those facilities.... they (TETFUND) should focus

Tareq1105:


God bless you.

Nobody is saying tetfund should build Lecture Theater for private Universities. Tetfund can sponsor some of their projects and research, training and retraining programs for the lecturers bcoz it would enhance the quality of the students they turned out into the market.

But some old and docile lecturers with outdated lecture handouts, lecturers who cannot stand up to lecture students for 30 minutes would be displaying selfishness and greed as if lecturers in private Universities are not Nigerians with full rights.

It's the attitude of people like ASUU president and their fake age declaration, and frustration of young lecturers that has made young lecturers attractive to private Universities where the facilities are available. They would adjust their age and they would be doing nonsense with female students.

Nah...this doesn't look good At all...if you don't have the money to provide Standard facilities ...then don't build A university for yourself ....or maybe even Charge Higher fees....
Covenant Uni and the likes don't need anybody's money ...it's always the mushroom vasitiEs that are not any Different from high school schools That make this types of Noise ....

Tareq1105:


Private Universities students and lecturers are also Nigerians.

Their parents pay more Taxes than parents of those in public universities.

The Education Levy paid by companies / corporate organization are mostly from the parents of those in private Universities.

Private Universities as a business entity pay Corporate Tax while public universities don't.

They have the right to be included. All this argument of ASUU president is selfish and self destructive. Sodeke just feel threatened by the inclusion of private Universities lecturers.

Tetfund can sponsor project and research in private Universities. In fact, they're more serious and results oriented than public universities lecturers who are not updated.

Completely false

fatboyslym007:
If you see the atrocities committed by this so called public institutions as regards TETFund you will wonder if we are really about academic excellence. You will see applications turned down on technicalities and frivolous reasons. Especially when it comes to staff training, beneficiaries are based on my-person syndrome...

Inasmuch as I don't support TETFund for infrastructural development in Private Universities. I believe they can benefit from TETFund Research grants.
TETFund's training and research funding should be taken off institutions and be more on a blind peer review process. Let the Nigerian lecturers and researchers apply directly to TETFund and their application sent out on a blinded peer-reviewed. And not go through the Dept then Faculty then school, once you get choke for any of this Omo forget...

Also TETFund may provide infrastructural development funds as loans to Private Universities.

You seem to have an axe to grind with Your alma Mater and I completely Understand ......But as someone who's very familiar with This System ...I can Tell you for a fact that TETFUND research proposals from all universities Follow blind Review ....they are Uploaded to A Portal that's manned by Tetfund Directly ...and are No Longer selected by The university university's CommitteeS at all.... thE universities research and Development units Just Help to monitor the use of The funds and ensure they are used in the Approved Manners ...although they also Provide Training on how to write winning proposals

99thEnemy:
Selfish...

TETFUND is about improving the standard of the Nigerian educational system which include private universities.

Nope.... theRes's nothing In TETFUND's Mandate that concern's Private universities just that some of their staff Are also included in the Research teams Sometimes owing Tomthe fact.they may have some of The equipment needed for The Research

MadamExcellency:


Are Nigerians not the ones attending those private Universities?

ASUU is not authorized to interfere with the policy of the FG that has to do with enhancing the well-being of all Nigerian students.

ASUU was the one who came up with the plan that created TETFUND so stop talking from ignorance....ASUU provided the federal government with the plans of how the funding is to be gotten and how the agency should be run.....it's just that FG has a habit of being mischievous....else the chairmanship of TETFUND should normally be nominated from ASUU and not be an executive appointment... imagine...they currently have somebody who trained as an architect.. running the agency...as director...that should not be...but we will be good in the end hopefully

CodeTemplar:
the govt licenced both sets of institutions so keep your shitty ideas in your ASUU brain please.

True.... government grants private universities license to run based on them having the required facilities to run the programs.... private universities often have less students making use of their facilities....it's far different situation in public unis....where you can have all of the students in a department using just few items....mind you the students in one federal University department..may even be more than the total number of students in all the departments of a private university put together.

OlujobaSamuel:
Tetfund was created with an obj to cover all schools and not just public schools, public schools have been the sole beneficiary because private charged substantial fee that covers major infrastructural need.
Modified.
The fund is for just public schools, private is excluded. Thanks

I Was Going to call your Attention to that ...thanks for correcting

kafeii123:



You seem to have an axe to grind with Your alma Mater and I completely Understand ......But as someone who's very familiar with This System ...I can Tell you for a fact that TETFUND research proposals from all universities Follow blind Review ....they are Uploaded to A Portal that's manned by Tetfund Directly ...and are No Longer selected by The university university's CommitteeS at all.... thE universities research and Development units Just Help to monitor the use of The funds and ensure they are used in the Approved Manners ...although they also Provide Training on how to write winning proposals

Giving an opinion and suggesting a fair process doesn't mean there is an axe to grind.
I'm glad the process is fairer and blinded.

We should be thinking progressively and inclusively.
Thank you.