tetfund, COEASU oppose conversion of Colleges of Education to varsities

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union have kicked against the growing trendThe Tertiary Education Trust Fund and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union have kicked against the growing trend of converting colleges of education to universities in Nigeria.

He urged the federal and state governments to prioritise education at the basic level, citing the examples of Germany and Japan where teachers at the basic level earn more than their counterparts at the tertiary level. “Doing that is at the peril of the basic level of education, because when we talk about colleges of education, they were established for the purpose of catering for the basic level of education. And this is the level of education that anybody who wants to be literate will need to pass through. They are specially dedicated to train people that will teach at this level,” he said.

In March this year, during his courtesy visit to 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.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State on Friday joined his Northwest counterparts on advocacy meeting with the officials of United Nations in Abuja. Those at the meeting alongside Yusuf were Governors of Kaduna, Uba Sani; Katsina, Ummaru Dikko Radda; Jigawa, Mohammad Namadi; Zamfara, Dauda Lawan Dare; and the deputy governor of Sokoto State…

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