Bauchi gov’t shuts down 39 unregistered private colleges of education
The Bauchi State government has taken decisive action by shutting down 39 private colleges of education that operated without proper registration.
This announcement was made by the Commissioner for Higher Education, Lydia Tsammani, during a news conference held in Bauchi on Thursday.
Mrs. Tsammani revealed that these institutions had not received the necessary approval from the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and failed to establish adequate infrastructure, leading to their closure.
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“A total of 39 colleges were found to be without anything. They are operating in primary schools and when the school closes, then the NCE programmes start with even primary and secondary school teachers as their teachers.
“They even borrowed teachers because they don’t have anything to make them stand as a college,” she said.
According to Mrs Tsammaani, the ministry issues a notice to unregistered colleges with approved structures, to complete their registration with six months or face sanction.
She said that 12 colleges operating with NCCE’s approval would be allowed to continue only after they engaged qualified staff and paid their registration fees to the ministry.
“They must ensure that they admit only qualified candidates because it was discovered that some of them are just interested in the school fees.
“They must also ensure continuous upgrade of school facilities and equipment. Some of them are still using analogue typewriters in their offices in this digital era”.
Proofreading by Fa’izatu Aliyu Doma, Journalist at Neptune Prime.
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