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| Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education |
FG to
blacklist foreign schools issuing fake degrees
By Uji
Abdullahi Iliyasu
Abdullahi Iliyasu
Abuja
The Federal
Government has vowed to blacklist any university, especially in African
countries found to have issued or are issuing fake degrees to Nigerians.
Government has vowed to blacklist any university, especially in African
countries found to have issued or are issuing fake degrees to Nigerians.
The government
said it would publish the list, so that Nigerian parents will not waste their
resources sending their children to such institutions.
said it would publish the list, so that Nigerian parents will not waste their
resources sending their children to such institutions.
Permanent
Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, disclosed this to
newsmen in Abuja.
Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, disclosed this to
newsmen in Abuja.
Echono noted that
it was sad that African countries open and operate universities targeted at
Nigerian students.
it was sad that African countries open and operate universities targeted at
Nigerian students.
Most of those
institutions, he said, offer courses and programmes that are not accredited or
recognised by the National Universities Commission, the regulatory body in
Nigeria.
institutions, he said, offer courses and programmes that are not accredited or
recognised by the National Universities Commission, the regulatory body in
Nigeria.
“We are going to blacklist the schools that we
know have issued fake and unwholesome degrees. Those ones are going to be
blacklisted completely, regardless of the programmes they are doing by the
Federal Government.
know have issued fake and unwholesome degrees. Those ones are going to be
blacklisted completely, regardless of the programmes they are doing by the
Federal Government.
“We are going to
make it public so that Nigerians do not waste resources sending their children
to such schools. That is what we decided in our last meeting.
make it public so that Nigerians do not waste resources sending their children
to such schools. That is what we decided in our last meeting.
“We hear that some
of these so-called universities operate in business centres in those countries.
You go to a shopping mall you will see two campuses there all for Nigerian
degrees. It is very sad.”
of these so-called universities operate in business centres in those countries.
You go to a shopping mall you will see two campuses there all for Nigerian
degrees. It is very sad.”
The permanent
secretary disclosed that the government has set up a national committee to look
into the illegal award of degrees to Nigerians by African countries.
secretary disclosed that the government has set up a national committee to look
into the illegal award of degrees to Nigerians by African countries.
“We have activated a national committee on
standard and curriculum. They are working on that. They are going to accredit
not just approved programmes of even those coming from other countries because
one of the trends we discovered was that some of those courses are not being
offered in those countries. They are just targeted at Nigerians. Even in their
own countries, they don’t run such programmes for their citizens.
standard and curriculum. They are working on that. They are going to accredit
not just approved programmes of even those coming from other countries because
one of the trends we discovered was that some of those courses are not being
offered in those countries. They are just targeted at Nigerians. Even in their
own countries, they don’t run such programmes for their citizens.
“We have a
platform that luckily Nigeria is chairing across Africa on uniform guidelines
and minimum standard for the accreditation of programmes and for mobility of
qualification so that if you finish from one school here you can go to another
one in another country.
platform that luckily Nigeria is chairing across Africa on uniform guidelines
and minimum standard for the accreditation of programmes and for mobility of
qualification so that if you finish from one school here you can go to another
one in another country.
“You can even do
one year here and continue in another country. Using that platform, we are
subjecting all the programmes, their curriculum, their philosophy, their
weighting, the duration and the number of credits to review,” he added.
one year here and continue in another country. Using that platform, we are
subjecting all the programmes, their curriculum, their philosophy, their
weighting, the duration and the number of credits to review,” he added.