Government Will Shut Down Unaccredited Polytechnic – Education Commissioner

Honourable Wemi Jones, Education Commissioner in kogi state has confirmed that there are about twenty(20) illegal tertiary institutions in the state operating without accreditation by NBTE and NUC.

The Commissioner made this statement while observing the accreditation exercise of the Glory Land Institution of Management Studies, Ankpa by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

The commissioner was at the Glory Land Polytechnic, Ankpa Kogi State during the NBTE/ Resource inspection for the approval of the Polytechnic.

The commissioner said that government will shut down any polytechnic and other tertiary institutions that refused to do the needful as he warned proprietors of illegal and substandard schools in the State to do the needful.

The commissioner noted that the State Government will commence a clampdown on such educational institutions.

Honourable Jones stated that there are more than twenty(20) Illegal tertiary institutions in kogi state without accreditation, the commissioner said that government will shut down those schools if they fail to do the needful.

The Commissioner asked other operators to seek normalization and get their schools registered and described the present administration’s commitment to education as purposeful.

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The Commissioner described education as the only sustainable legacies to bequeath to children and commended Gov. Bello for not playing politics with education.

He lauded the budgetary allocation to education which he noted is beyond the benchmark of UNESCO, and praised the present administration for building into the future.

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