The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, have kicked against the growing trend of converting public colleges of education to universities.
This was made known by the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono and President of COEASU , Dr Smart Olugbeko, during a three-day national conference and workshop on Digital Pedagogy and Fundable Research Proposal Writing organised by COEASU in Abuja. They decried the development while highlighting the important role colleges of education play in producing teachers at the basic education level for the country.
Similarly, Olugbeko in his speech, warned that there would be negative consequences if there are no colleges of education in the country. The COEASU president argued that the move is a misplaced priority on the part of government. He called on government to borrow a leaf from China where universities are being converted to technical institutions. 'Doing that is at the peril of basic level of education.
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