FG Wants Foreign Universities To Obey Stipulated Guidelines

The Federal Government has tasked foreign universities operating in Nigeria toadhere strictly to the country’s guidelines on transnational education as
developed by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu gave
the directive in Abuja when he received thechancellor of one of the oldest universities in the United States of America,
Rutgers University, Camden. In a statement by the Director Press & Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong States that the minister who presented a copy of the National Guidelines on Transnational Education to the visiting chancellor of Rutgers University expressed
Nigeria’s readiness to work with universities around the world in improving access to quality higher education in Nigeria.Sununu who reiterates the commitment of President Bola Tinubu in giving access to quality education in the country maintained that the Federal
Ministry of Education has taken the charge of the president very seriously and will stop at nothing in delivering quality education to Nigerians.

The Minister tasked institutions of higher learning in the country to collaborate with their foreign counterparts to train more professionals to replace
those exiting the system instead of lamenting over the issue of brain drain, adding that Nigeria has capacity to provide significant chunck of manpower needs around
the globe, given the country’s population. Earlier, Chancellor of Rutgers University, Antonio Tillis told the
Minister that his university is seeking to renew the Memorandum of Understanding with the university of Lagos as well as expanding
collaboration with other Nigerian Universities in areas of research and exchange of academic programs.

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