FG shuts 22 illegal Colleges of Education
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa
The Federal Government has uncovered and shut down 22 illegal Colleges of Education operating across Nigeria, as part of its ongoing efforts to sanitise the education sector.
The clampdown was contained in a recent report by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), detailing its achievements.
According to the commission, the discovery was made during a nationwide crackdown on unapproved institutions offering education programmes without accreditation.
“The NCCE identified and shut down 22 illegal Colleges of Education operating across the country. The NCCE also conducted personnel audit and financial monitoring in all the 21 federal colleges of education,” the report stated.
The action comes weeks after President Bola Tinubu directed federal education agencies to intensify efforts to eliminate illegal higher institutions across the country.
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja, Tinubu — represented by the Director of University Education at the Federal Ministry of Education, Rakiya Ilyasu — warned that “certificate millers” are undermining the credibility of Nigeria’s education system.
The President reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening coordination among education agencies to improve standards and ensure the integrity of academic certificates.
“The National Youth Service Corps, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, the National Universities Commission, the National Board for Technical Education and the National Commission for Colleges of Education are working in alignment to improve the quality of education and ensure that cases of forgery and unrecognised institutions both within and outside the country have no place in our education ecosystem,” Tinubu said.
