The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) says it has shut down 22 illegal colleges of education operating across the country.
In a statement highlighting the commission’s recent achievements, the NCCE said the closures followed a nationwide crackdown on unaccredited colleges of education.
The commission said the affected institutions were identified as operating illegally, undermining quality assurance in Nigeria’s teacher education system.
The NCCE also noted that it had conducted a personnel audit and financial monitoring across the 21 federal colleges of education as part of efforts to strengthen transparency and accountability in the sector.
The clampdown comes in line with President Bola Tinubu’s recent directive to education regulators to rid the country of illegal tertiary institutions.
Speaking at the 14th convocation of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja, Tinubu, represented by Rakiya Ilyasu, director of university education at the federal ministry of education, urged the NCCE, the National Universities Commission (NUC), and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to take decisive steps against “certificate millers” threatening the integrity of Nigeria’s education system.
