Education
NUC Reviews Upward Application Fees For Establishment Of Private Varsities
Mariam Sanni
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has reviewed upward application fees for the establishment of private universities in the country.
The Commission made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by its Executive Secretary, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu.
Ribadu said the fee for purchase of application forms for the establishment of a private university is now reviewed from N1,000,000.00 to N5,000,000.00.
Also, he said the processing fee for application for the establishment of a private university is reviewed fromvN5,000,000.00 to N25,000,000.00
Ribadu said this decision was necessary to ensure that newly established private universities were positioned to meet the challenges of the 21 Century.
He added that it was also aimed at repositioning Private Universities to better meet the needs of the citizenry and for better co-ordination of the development of the Private University Education sub-sector of the Nigerian University System (NUS).
“Pursuant to the above and in line with the directive of the Honourable Minister of Education, the NUC hereby informs Promoters of proposed Private Universities in particular and the general public as follows:
“The Commission hereby suspends further processing of all inactive applications including those of private open universities.
” That is those that have not made progress on their applications or made submissions to the Commission for upwards of two years.
“And also those applications at the stage of submission of Letters of Intent only.
“The NUC will convey the reviewed processing fee of 25,000,000.00 to applicants that have purchased application forms only.
“They are also expected to effect payments within a period of thirty (30) working days or risk forfeiture of their pending applications,” he added.
The executive secretary added that the Commission had imposed a Moratorium for a period of one year with effect from Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 on inactive applications for the establishment of new private universities.
He explained that this was to enable the Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of such pending applications with a view to determining their viability.
Accordingly, he said a Moratorium had also been imposed on applications on Step 1 of the 14-Step Procedure (i.e. those that have submitted Letters of Intent only.
He added that this also included
acceptance of fresh applications for the establishment of private universities, including private open universities.
He said the Commission is in the process of reviewing other aspects of the guidelines for the establishment of private universities to ensure that the proposed Universities, when licensed, are positioned to meet the challenges of the 21 Century.
Education
JAMB conducts third party exam for Hos workers
Mariam Sanni
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board conducted promotional examination for junior workers under the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
About 450 junior staff participated in the computer based test examination at Ade-Ola International School, Kubwa – a suburb in the nation’s capital.
Speaking with journalists at the end of the exercise, the Director in charge of Abuja zone for JAMB, Hajia Zainab Hamzat said the exercise went smoothly.
She noted that 476 staff under the HoS were expected to participate in the promotion exercise but only 450 workers showed up for the exam.
The drector said: “Everything went well as usual. We call it third party exam. It is a promotion exam for HoS. All their officers sat for the exam for the purpose of promotion.
“We had two sessions – morning and afternoon. In the morning we expected 250 but 232 were present. In the afternoon we expected 226 and eight were absent.
“The exam was smooth. Everything went well.
The examination was for all the junior staff of HoS. We had immigration officers, fire fighters, civil defence and other paramilitary organisations under HoS for the examination.”
Also speaking, Durector of Ade-Ola International School, Kubwa, Mercy Olaosegbe lauded JAMB for setting high standards in professional examination.
She said: “The examination went well. We have all the facilities to conduct this examination. JAMB will not allow you to participate in these exams if your facilities are not up to standard. Because our centre is doing well, we have been participating in third party examination organised by JAMB.”
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