The Minister State for Education in Nigeria, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, has mentioned that the Transnational Education (TNE) initiative between the United Kingdom and the Nigerian Government will assist to ease the greater than 50 per cent college admission challenges within the nation.
The minister acknowledged this when he acquired in viewers the Nigerian-UK Steering Committee on Transnational Higher Education (NIG-UK-HE-TNE) in Abuja, Nigeria.
He mentioned the inhabitants of secondary school-leavers in Nigeria, looking for admission to tertiary establishments, is rising, and the greater than 260 universities in Nigeria can not take in them, therefore the necessity for the collaboration.
“If you go by statistics, we have almost more than a million qualified candidates that are due for admission to the university each year.
“The universities can take probably only 50 to 60% of the candidates. So, what do we do with the remaining candidates? That’s why we also have the need for the transnational education system.
“The necessary legal backing for the practice of the Transnational Education system in Nigeria has been been put in place, which the National University Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education are ready to support at all times.
“The collaboration will ease brain drain which has been a perennial problem on the side of the Nigerian tertiary institutions, increase the capacity of lecturers and the institutions, reduce pressure and demand for foreign exchange, increase internally Generated Revenue and enhance Gross Domestic Product,” he mentioned.
He, nonetheless, referred to as on the UK Steering Committee to put into consideration cultural and social components for the acceptability of the programme in Nigeria.
He additionally urged the committee to be sure that certificates are backed by abilities that may make candidates to match into international competitiveness.
The chief of the delegation, the UK Government worldwide training champion, Prof. Steven Smith, described the UK-Nigeria relationship as robust and deep, particularly in training, producing unbelievable outcomes.
“The only way forward is to work together in partnership so that we the British institutions can work with Nigerian institutions to understand their needs and wants for the benefit of both countries.
“To that effect, we have had long years of negotiations with the NUC on the guidelines of transnational education,” he mentioned.
He assured that the standard of training within the UK will likely be comparable to what will likely be taught in Nigeria, thereby making it cheaper for folks and college students who would need to journey to the UK to purchase the identical high quality certificates.
