The Federal Government has presented operational licences to four new private polytechnics and 34 Innovation Enterprise Institutions and Vocational Enterprise Institutions.
The new polytechnics are Nacabs Polytechnic, Akwanga, Nasarawa State; Uyo City Polytechnic, Akwa Ibom State; the Polytechnic Igbo-Owu, Kwara State and Balmor Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State.
According to the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau,during the presentation, “The Federal Government, in realisation of the need for appropriate manpower to the developmental needs of the country, opened the way for the private sector to participate in technological drive.”
“The main problem confronting the sector is that of articulation, placement and progression of graduates from these institutions. I assure that stakeholders will work hard to solve these problems.
“The Federal Ministry of Education and the National Board for Technical Education had subjected the institutions to full scrutiny before granting them approval.” this is i n line with the quest by the Federal Government to build skilled manpower for the country," he said.
He said the polytechnics, IEIs and VEIs were expected to focus on applied learning that would be relevant to the development needs of the country.
