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| Ruqayyat Rufa'i, Nigeria's Education minister |
Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, on Saturday, addressed journalists at the Federal
Government College, Suleja, Niger State, after monitoring the
examination. In her address, she lamented that The major challenge is a
country like Nigeria having 1,735,720 students sitting for examination and the
space available is 520,000 for federal, states, private universities,
polytechnics and colleges of education.
She added that:
“If one million passed, what are we
going to do with the rest 500,000? We will not expand the carrying
capacity without expanding the facilities.
“What are we going to do with the large
number of students out there? I feel the pain. Mr. President is very
much concerned. If you have students that have passed examination and
they cannot have access, you can imagine their thought in the long run.”
Prof. Ruqayyatu called on private firms and individuals to invest in tertiary education.
HBC: This means that Over a million youths will remain at home and by next year, if changes are not made, this number of candidates that will seek for admission next year will almost triple (i.e the 1m that didn't get admission this year plus fresh secondary school graduates = almost 3m)
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