Prof. Rasheed Jimoh Urges TETFund Support for Financially Strained Private Universities

Date: 2024-11-07

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.

Eghe Igbinehin     Sa\'adu Salau     Mohammed Haruna     Ilesha-Gwanara     Damilola Yusuf     Usman Rifun     RTEAN     Bamikole Omishore     David Oyedepo     Oke-Ode     All Peoples Party     Muhammadu Gobir     Ilesha-Baruba     Ibrahim Akaje     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Solomon Edoja     Ojo Isekuse     Tunji Arosanyin     Sun Qing Rong     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Sobi     Communication Network Support Services     Saba Mamman Daniel     Ilorin General Hospital     Yinka Aluko     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Ishaq Salman     Kwara Apc     Christopher Odetunde     Shagari     Ahmad Ali     Dogara     Kola Bukoye     Olushola Saraki     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Otoge     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Abdullateef Abdussalam     CCEPE     Ilorin South Constituency     Na\'Allah     Fatai Olodo     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     FERMA     Reuben Paraje     Muritala Awodun     Agboola Abdulraheem     Ndakene     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Cassava Growers\' Association     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Bamidele Adegoke     Labaeka     Students Union Government     Farouk Salim     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Durbar     Kemi Adeosun     Ayobami Akanbi     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Michael Ologundea     GANZY     Modupe Oluwole     Ladi Hassan     Emir Of Yashikira     New Naira Notes     Okin High School     Yakub Ali-Agan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ejidongari     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     George Innih     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Smart School     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Amuda Bembe     Saad Omo Iya     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Ogidi-Oloje     National Broadcasting Commission     Yoonus Lawal     UITH     Wahab Isa     Ijagbo Health Centre     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Atiku Abubakar     Sam Okaula     Ibrahim Jawondo     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Unilorin     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Bamidele Adegoke     Yaman     Patience Jonathan     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Nigeria Customs Service     Olabimpe Olani     School Of Nursing     IQRA College     Iliasu     Tunde Yusuf     Usman Rifun     Kwha.gov.ng     Patigi Regatta     David Oyedepo     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Isapa     Halimah Perogi     Owu Fall     Oke-Kura     Kishira     08001000100     Hamidu Olowo     Alao Ayotunde     Esinrogunjo     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Hassan Oyeleke     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Oke-Odo     Issa Baba     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Riskat Opakunle     Makama Of Kaiama     Yakubu Dogara     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Owo Isowo     Kawu Baraje     Adama Isa     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Sebastine Obasi     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     IsDB     Baruten     Haliru Yahaya     Oke-Oyi     Kwara Polytechnic     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Rebecca Bake     Rashidi Yekini     Alabi Lawal     Kwarareports.com