Prof. Rasheed Jimoh Urges TETFund Support for Financially Strained Private Universities
Leadership reports that Prof. Rasheed Jimoh, Vice Chancellor of Muhammad Kamalud-Deen University in Ilorin, Kwara State, has advocated for the inclusion of private universities in Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) schemes to help mitigate financial constraints faced by these institutions.
Prof. Jimoh noted in his interview that extending TETFund support to private universities would not only enhance financial stability but also promote universal education, especially as public universities cannot meet the admission demands of all prospective students.
He said though TETFund intervention in the private universities might not be at par with what obtains in their public counterparts, accommodating them as beneficiaries would create a sense of belonging.
He said, “This is more of a policy issue. When you look at education, we are talking of universal access to education, either private or public university. It is Nigerians that are in these universities, and in order to create access to universal education and because public universities won't be able to deliver universal education, the government had to open up the establishment of private universities.”
Jimoh added that the government can give a fraction of what goes to public institutions to the private ones, stressing that, “there is nothing stopping the government from doing a review of its policy to allow, even if not at par, certain developmental interventions should go to private universities.
“If you are giving public institutions, like a N100 million, maybe you give a N20 million project intervention to private universities. It might not be at par, but something needs to be done,” he said.
“The number of private institutions surpasses even the number of public institutions. So, definitely, I'm sure the government is thinking on what to do and the pressure groups are also talking to the government on this.
“I also think vice chancellors of private universities are discussing this. I'm sure it has reached an appreciable level and I want to believe that something will be done in no distant time about that”, he said.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Ayo Opadokun Ali Ahmad Galadima Undergraduate Bursary Oba Abdulrahim General Hospital Suleiman Idris Harafat E. Mukadam Bank Of Industry Harrison Osauwagboe Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Femi Oladiji COVID-19 Palliatives Jimba Babatunde Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu Olomu Jide Ashonibare Talaka Parapo Ayedun Tanke Road Sa\'adu Salahu Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Elerin Of Adanla Irese VADA Esinrogunjo Kwara 2023 ASUU Bashir Badawi Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia QuickWin Babata Turaki Saadu Alanamu Oke-Oyi Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Babaita Makama Of Ilorin Kwha.gov.ng CCT Ibraheem Adeola Katibi Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja Kale Belgore NAWOJ Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Adedipe Senate President T And K FOODS Sambo Murtala Hameed Oladipupo Ali Wole Oke Mujtabah Bature Saraki Bola Ahmed Tinubu Kwara 2015 Okin Malt Samari Kwara State Football Association Roseline Oni Aremu Paul Odama Budo-Egba Ahmed Bayero Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Muhammad Yahya Olaiya Lawal University Road Forgo Battery Company Limited Timothy Olatunde Fadipe Tanke Flyover Bridge Saba Jibril Aliyu Alhassan Oyedun Juliana Funke Ghali Alaaya Ahmad Uthman Bello Oyedepo Gobir Organization Foundation Bashir Adigun Presidential Election

