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.

Obuh     Kwha.gov.ng     Bashiru Makama     Folorunsho Alao     Bola Magaji     Simeon Sayomi     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Jumoke F. Ajao     KFA     Aremu Odolaye     Abdulwaheed Musa     Kishira     Mufti Of Ilorin     Senate     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Abioye Bello     Oladimeji Thompson     Roseline Oni Aremu     Tafida Of Kaiama     Jalala     Seni Saraki     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Mutawali     Alaiye     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Wahab Isa     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Lanre Issa Onilu     Share     Solomon Edojah     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     General Hospital     Local Government     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Hamza Usman     Mutawalle     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Ayinke Saka     Share-Tsaragi     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Sarkin Malamai     COVID     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     SSA Youth Engagement     Code Of Conduct     UTME     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Babaita     Muazam Nayaya     Durbar     Inside Kwara     Ahmed Dankaya     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     ASUU     Oyawoye     Ilesha-Gwanara     Babs Iwarere     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Memunat Monsuma     Ilorin South Constituency     Village Alive Development Association     Esinrogunjo     Jimoh Akani     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     FERMA     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Isiaka Alikinla     Aisha Gobir     Saad Belgore     Pacify Labs     Shettima Of Ilorin     Okeose Christian Cementary     Toyin Saraki     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Saad Belgore     Adeniyi Ojo     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Doyin Group     Afonja Descendants Union     James Kolo     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Dorcas Afeniforo     Belgore     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Yakub Ali-Agan     Mutawali     Mujtabah Bature     Olaiya Lawal     Bashir Badawi     Ramadan     NTA Ilorin     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Maryam Ado Bayero     Issa Baba     Omoniyi     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Salman Alada     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Communication Network Support Services     Lukman Adeloyin     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Pategi     Yinka Aluko     Bio Ibrahim     Christopher Ayeni     Bisi Kristien     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Tunji Arosanyin     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Oko-Erin     Bola Tinubu     Presidential Election     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Ahman Pategi University     ITP     Bluenile Associates     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Yunus Lawal     Olofa Of Offa     Saka Onimago     Omotosho     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Afeyin-Olukuta     Marafan Shonga     SDP     Olabanji Orilonishe     Simeon Sayomi     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Deji Ajani     Kwha.gov.ng     Buari Edun     Gambari     Pakata Development Association     Ahmed     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Ilorin South     Ahman Pategi     Omotoso     Mutawalle     2017 Budget     Ajike People Support Centre     Ndama Al-hassan     Alimi     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Sheikh Ariyibi