2013 Admission Seekers Have 103,000 more Spaces In Nigerian Tertiary Institutions!! Some stakeholders have contradicted the recent declaration by the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqquatu Rufai, that there are only about520,000 admission slots in the nation’s tertiary institutions. In a chat with Vanguard Learning, Dr. Andrews Jegede, the National President of the Association of Innovation and Vocational Institutions, opinedthat there are 103,000 more spaces available for students at Innovative Enterprise Institutions (IEIs). What role do Innovation Enterprise Institutions play in the education sector? They are private institutions that offer technical and professional education at post-basic and tertiary levels to the school leavers and working class. The aim is to meetthe increasing demand for technical manpower of the various sectors of the economy and these institutions are to implement Federal Government’s concept of Public-Private Partnership in Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) and skill-focuseded ucation sector. Innovation institutions are meant to gradually increase intake until they absorb almost 50% of the admission seekers at post-secondary schools. What are the features of innovative institutions? They are products of the recent reform initiatives of the Federal Ministry of Education(FME) in the education sector. There are about 120 institutions approved by the FME and accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and have been listed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board since 2007. The curriculum is professional.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:54:08 +0000
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