Kwara State Govt Set to Convert all Colleges of Education to Universities

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed on Wednesday, 14th march 2024 that all the state owned colleges of education will be converted to universities.

He has appealed to the management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund,TETFund,for support in the upgrade of the three colleges of education to universities of education.

AbdulRazaq, who disclosed this during a courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary of  TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono in Abuja,solicited the cooperation of the Fund to do that.

He listed the three colleges of education for conversion into universities to include: Kwara State College of Education, Oro;Kwara State College of Education (Technical), Lafiagi and Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin.

AbdulRazaq revealed that most of the colleges of education which are state-owned were faced with management challenges including infrastructure, poor investment, and lopsidedness where the non-teaching staff are far more than the academic staff of the institutions.

Source: Vanguard