The National Universities Commission is set to establish two new university in ther country , this was disclosed by the commission acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki on Thursday during an interaction with journalist in Abuja.
Maiyaka stated that the plan is to
bridge admission gap in the country , as two million candidates seek admission into universities every year , and the total available quota for admission range is between 500,000- 700,000.
However stakeholders doesn’t but the idea , as they have on numerous occasions stated the establishment of new universities admist poor funding of existing ones was not the way to go , there by calling for the halting of approvals given to new public universities.
Maiyaki states “ You need to see the anguish and the frustration on the faces of families who are desperate to make sure that their children attend university education every admission session .
It is very tough and challenging for university leaders and NUC and so we have no choice but to approve universities.
The approval for two more varsities to bring the number of universities in the country to 272 has been concluded and will be announced next week”.
He also disclosed that effort are ongoing to reposition the university system through transnational education by allowing forging varsities to come in and operate in the country.
The commission is presently processing applications for the establishment of distance learning centers that will be monitored to provide quality education.
Maiyka reacting to the accusations by EFCC that some private universities are charging in dollars , he stated that it has been investigated and it is not true.
“ on the dollarisation of tuition fees in this said university, we have investigated it and the university is not charging fees in dollars .
They only charge dollars to foreign students. So I want the media to join hands with us to tell the public that no Nigeria university is allowed to charge fees in dollars “, he stated .
