The Senate on Thursday says it is committed to rejuvenating the deplorable state of infrastructure, teaching and learning conditions in tertiary institutions using legislations.
Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Senator Sandy Onor, representing the chairman, Senator Babba Kaita, gave the pledge at a public hearing and presentation of memoranda on three Bills for the education sector.
She said the rejuvenation of the education sector would make provide enormous benefits for youths seeking knowledge.
She said the move to upgrade the Yaba College of Technology and Ilaro Polytechnic to full-fledged universities of technologies would serve as pathway for affordable education resource centres of excellence.
She added that the upgrade of the schools would also provide employment opportunities for the host communities and other qualified Nigerians.
According to Onor, the upgrade into federal universities would provide a hub for cutting-edge research and learning that would encompass multi-disciplinary approaches, knowledge acquisitions and dissemination.
The three Bills were sponsored by Senator Solomon Adeola who said at the presentation that there was need to expand opportunities for Nigeria’s teeming youths to gain admission into universities, particularly technology-based education.
He said this informed his sponsorship of the Bills to upgrade two major existing polytechnics to full-blown universities of technology.
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