NIGERIA EXPANDS PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION – ACADEMICS SAY QUALITY NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED
May 1st, 2021
Nigeria’s National University Commission (NUC) has moved ahead with a major expansion of Nigeria’s private higher education sector, granting provisional licenses to 20 new private universities. The approval brings the number of private universities in Nigeria to 99, increasing the country’s overall university tally to 197.
The approval of new universities seeks to meet expanding demand for higher education in Nigeria, as public universities struggle to accommodate an increasing number of qualified applicants for places.
“Going by the population in the ...
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