Thirty-nine private colleges of Education have been shut down by the Bauchi State Government over lack of registration. Mrs. Lydia Tsammani, the state Commissioner for Higher Education declared this during a news briefing on Thursday.
According to Tsammani, the impacted institutions did not install physical infrastructure or obtain approval from the National Commission for Colleges of Education.
“A total of 39 colleges were found to be without anything. They are operating in primary schools, and when the school closes, then the NCE programmes start with even primary and secondary school teachers as their teachers.
“They even borrowed teachers because they don’t have anything to make them stand as a college,” she said.
Tsammaani claims that unregistered colleges with approved structures received a notice from the ministry requiring them to complete their registration within six months or risk sanctions.
She stated that only after hiring qualified staff and paying their registration fees to the ministry would the twelve colleges operating under NCCE approval be permitted to continue.
“They must ensure that they admit only qualified candidates because it was discovered that some of them are just interested in the school fees.
“They also need to make sure that school buildings and equipment are upgraded on a regular basis. In this digital age, some of them still have analogue typewriters in their offices,” she claimed.
