The Tertiary Education Trust Fund and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union have kicked against the growing trend of converting public colleges of education to universities in Nigeria.
He urged federal and state governments to prioritise education at the basic level, even as he buttressed his argument with Germany and Japan where their teachers at the basic level earn more than their counterparts at the tertiary level. “And in countries that get it right, I can give examples of Germany and Japan. It is the teachers at the basic level that earn more than the teachers even at the tertiary level.
“And that is why they keep on converting colleges of education to universities at the detriment of the system”, he said. In March this year, during his visit courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary of TETFund in Abuja, Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq revealed that all the state owned colleges of education would be converted to universities.
Other affected institutions include Abia State Polytechnic; Abia State College of Education; Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Studies; Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro; Federal Polytechnic, Offa; Yaba College of Technology; and the Kaduna State Polytechnic, among others.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
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