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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede Knocks Private Universities, Accuses them of Aiding Corruption and Moral Decadence in the System.
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-hagq Oloyede, has lambasted some proprietors of private universities in the country for compromising standard and encouraging corruption and moral decadence in the system.Prof. Oloyede accused private universities of aiding and abetting academic crimes, corruption and decadence adding that the aims and objectives behind their establishment which were to increase access to tertiary education as well as to solve the problems associated with public universities are being defeated.
The Registrar made this known in Abuja at the opening ceremony of a two-day summit on Nigerian private universities with the theme "Private University Education Delivery in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities".
He said private universities have been consistently breaching the laws guiding university operations in Nigeria.
Prof. Oloyede said, "Government opened up the space a few years ago for private university operators to complement government efforts in providing university education to Nigerians but it seems like the aims are gradually being defeated" Continuing, the JAMB Registrar said, "We complained that our public institutions are confronted with many challenges and we thought private institutions would provide succor. However, we must tell ourselves the truth, they have, more or less, complicated matters rather than eliminating those challenges we have with public institutions." The Registrar who maintained that many private universities have fallen short of expectations said, "When you visit some private universities, you will be ashamed for Nigeria in terms of the quality of the structures and from there you will know something is wrong’. "If you take a deeper look, you will discover more decadence and rot in their operations, some of the proprietors choose to run these universities like family businesses and it ought not to be so." Prof. Oloyede averred.
He further asserted that only Vice Chancellors are recognized by law as being in charge of the day- to-day running of the universities while those with ceremonial titles play supportive roles.
He said, "If i were to be a university proprietor, i will prefer to take the position of Chairman of the Council because of the control and power attached to that office".
Over 79 proprietors and Vice Chancellors of private universities in Nigeria and other stakeholders attended the summit which was held in Abuja.
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