Monday, August 25, 2025 - The
National Commission for Colleges of Education has shut down 22 illegal Colleges
of Education.
The institutions were discovered during a crackdown on
illegal colleges of education in the country.
The Commission said: “The NCCE identified and shut down 22
illegal Colleges of Education operating across the country.
“The NCCE conducted personnel audit, financial monitoring in
all the 21 federal colleges of education.”
President Bola Tinubu had recently urged the National
Universities Commission, the National Board for Technical Education and the
National Commission for Colleges of Education to weed out illegal higher
institutions of learning in the country.
Speaking at the 14th convocation of the National Open
University of Nigeria in Abuja, the President ordered the NUC, the NBTE, and
other agencies to take decisive action against what he described as
“certificate millers” undermining the credibility of the education
sector.
Tinubu, who was represented by the Director of University
Education at the Federal Ministry of Education, Rakiya Ilyasu, warned that the
integrity of the academic system must not be compromised.
“At this juncture, it has become imperative to reiterate
that this administration remains committed to strengthening the integration of
all agencies involved in the administration of education to enhance efficiency
and quality,” the President said.
He added, “The National Youth Service Corps, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, the National Universities Commission, the National Board for Technical Education and the National Commission for Colleges of Education are working in alignment to improve the quality of education and ensure that cases of forgery and unrecognised institutions both within and outside the country have no place in our education ecosystem.”
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