{"id":165832,"date":"2022-03-22T23:28:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=165832"},"modified":"2022-03-22T23:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:28:45","slug":"fg-begins-clampdown-on-illegal-colleges-of-education-across-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/22\/fg-begins-clampdown-on-illegal-colleges-of-education-across-country\/","title":{"rendered":"FG begins clampdown on illegal colleges of education across country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government on Tuesday, said it has begun clampdown on illegal colleges of education across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Secretary of National Commission for Colleges of Education, Prof. Paulinus Okwelle, who said this at a pre-press conference on a two-day national summit on the future of NCE programme in Nigeria,reiterated government\u2019s commitment to revamping teacher education in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Senate passes bill to amend Federal Colleges of Education Act<br \/>\nOkwelle,who also said there was the need to review the laws establishing both the NCCE and the federal colleges of education,lamented that,\u201dIn the course of carrying out our regulatory and monitoring functions, we encounter challenges of the proliferation of illegal colleges of education and study centres in all the length and breath of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the country at the moment has 2019 recognised NCE awarding institutions including 27 federal, 50 states, 122 private, 9 polytechnics, and 11 affiliate institutions that run NCE as a course of study under them.<\/p>\n<p>According to Okwelle, the commission would continue to give priority to standards and upgrade the quality of colleges of education in the country through accreditation, resource visitations, monitoring and programme inspection.<\/p>\n<p>But he lamented the low enrolment of students for Nigeria Certificate in Education programme as well as low carrying capacity of the existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/27\/fg-approves-n30bn-for-polytechnics-colleges-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colleges of education<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, colleges of education were currently being faced with the challenge of the low enrolment of students for NCCE programme in spite of the adequate human and material resources in the nation\u2019s colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Okwelle said many factors could account for this negative posture of the colleges and the need to give them proper attention, explaining that this informed why the summit with the theme: Nigeria Certificate in Education: The Way Forward, was organised by the Commission to enable stakeholders brainstorm on how to revamp teacher education in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Lamenting over the huge backlog of unissued certificates by colleges of education,he directed all concerned to ensure that certificates were promptly released to students.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, about 63,554 NCE certificates have been issued in the last 11 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission continue to encourage Colleges of Education to clear the backlogs of unissued NCE certificates. 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