{"id":19747,"date":"2024-03-14T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=19747"},"modified":"2024-03-14T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:33:30","slug":"kwara-state-govt-set-to-convert-all-colleges-of-education-to-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/kwara-state-govt-set-to-convert-all-colleges-of-education-to-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwara State Govt Set to Convert all Colleges of Education to Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed on Wednesday, 14th march 2024 that all the state owned colleges of education will be converted to universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AbdulRazaq, who disclosed this during a courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary of&nbsp; TETFund, Arc. 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