Why Private Universities Should Benefit from TETFund – LCU VC Speaks.



Education stakeholders have called for the inclusion of private universities in the intervention programmes of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), arguing that the support will strengthen Nigeria’s higher education system.

The Vice-Chancellor of Chrisland University, Oyedunni Sola Arulogun, and the Chancellor of Lead City University, Gabriel Ogunmola, made the call during a colloquium held in honour of Jide Owoeye at 70.

Arulogun said if higher education is truly the engine of national development, intervention funds should benefit both public and private universities. She noted that private institutions play a vital role in expanding access to education, developing infrastructure and training skilled manpower, yet they are excluded from key funding support.

According to her, extending TETFund support to accredited private universities would improve research, innovation, facilities and help ease the pressure on public universities facing increasing student enrolment.

Supporting the view, Ogunmola stressed that education funding should serve national interests rather than focus on whether an institution is public or private. He added that including private universities in intervention funding would promote competitiveness and improve the overall quality of higher education in Nigeria.



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