Mr Tunji-Ojo said his ministry is determined to support genuine partnership drives among Nigeria’s academic institutions and their foreign counterparts.
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that a total of 99,985 Nigerian students enrolled in universities in the United Kingdom for various programmes between 2017 and 2022.
He said; “…While many may contend that majority of these students have simply ‘JAPA’ for other reasons, we cannot also deny the fact that a larger chunk of these students has left with the purest of intent, to cross our border, seek further knowledge for self-advancement, which in the long run will result to national pride.
“Indeed, this is one of the issues that is of prime importance in the global higher education arena, in which the NUC is currently giving its utmost attention,” he said.Speaking at the conference, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund , Sonny Echono, said Nigeria as a country needs to embrace internationalisation to deepen the current efforts, partnerships and collaborations.
“But to accomplish this, we need to guarantee minimum disruptions to the academic calendar, We need to provide state-of-the-art facilities that will be comparable to what they have abroad ranging from our facilities, hostels, facilities for teaching and learning in our research.” “Through strategic partnerships, we have explored collaboration which encapsulates experience sharing around higher education management structure, co-creation of academic programmes and curriculum development,” she noted.According to the keynote speaker, Iain Gillespie, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee, UK, the core purpose of universities is enhanced through partnership.
Mr Gillespie shared that when the University of Dundee shifted focus from financial sustainability to academic excellence, it led to a surplus and investment in the institution.
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