NIGER STATE GOVERNMENT SETS NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATION OF PRIVATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE
The Niger state government has reiterated its commitment to strengthen the operation of private tertiary institutions in the state, this was stated by the Hon. Commissioner for Tertiary Education Science and Technology, Prof Baba Aliyu at a one day stakeholders meeting to review the guidelines for the establishment and operation of private tertiary institutions in the state.
Prof Aliyu who decried “lack of strong policies which often lead to challenges of accreditations for programmes in the institutions” added that “government alone cannot provide the needed platform for the growing population, hence the need for the privately owned institutions to contribute their quota in the provision of accessible quality education in the state”.
Prof Aliyu further stated that “the need to set standard guidelines become necessary to eliminate undue proliferation of private tertiary institutions in the state and eradicate quackery in the system”. He added that the new guidelines must include adequate facilities, standard dimensions for (laboratories, libraries and ICT centers), lecture halls, number of courses commensurate with the number and qualifications of the lecturers before a provisional approval can be granted”. He also said “defaulters of the new guidelines will be penalized accordingly”.
The commissioner then confirmed that the institutions that meet the minimum requirements will be reopened soon.
Earlier, the permanent secretary of the ministry, Dr. Musa Abubakar Sadiq in his welcome address, said these new guidelines are the first in the history of the ministry, hence he called for inputs from all stakeholders to enrich the proposed guidelines.
The heads of tertiary institutions in Niger State in their separate goodwill messages, starting with the Vice Chancellor of IBB University Lapai, Prof Abu Kassim Adamu commended the efforts of the Ministry of Tertiary Education Science and Technology for streamlining the activities for tertiary institutions in the state through the long overdue new guidelines. The Provost of Niger State College of Education, Prof Yakubu Auna, while praising the MTEST said the new guidelines will help to stamp out fake institutions being paraded by NUC, NUE, NBTC. The Provost of Justice Fati Lami Institute of Legal and Administrative Studies, Dr. Alyu Bussa called on all private institutions in the state to adhere strictly with the new guidelines to ensure they produce quality products from their institutions. The Governing Council Chairman of the School of Health Technology Minna, Prof James Galadima applaud the ministry for the new innovations through the stakeholders meeting which will further standardize the quality of healthcare workers in the state.
The Chairman, Association of Private Tertiary Institutions in Niger State, Mall Alhassan Aliyu and also Provost Rolling School of Health Sciences Minna on behalf of all private Tertiary Institutions in the state, said the stakeholders meeting is a welcome idea and pledge the commitment of all the private institutions to abide by the new guidelines and also stated their assurance to report any illegal proliferation of schools of Health Technology in the state.
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