The Executive Council of the Federation in its first session for 2013 on January 9 approved the setting up of three new federal universities.
The new universities, it said, would be sited in Gashua in Yobe State; Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State and Gusau in Zamfara State. This was said to be in furtherance of government’s policy since 2012 to put a federal university in every state of the federation. In explaining the rationale for the new universities, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, stated that only 10 per cent of secondary school leavers get admission into higher institutions nationwide, hence the creation of more universities was imperative.
On her part, the Minister for Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i added that about 1.3 million school leavers seek admission to higher institutions every year in the country, yet not up to 200,000 spaces are available in existing institutions. The minister noted that the establishment of the new universities complemented the Federal Government’s efforts towards tackling educational challenges at all tiers in the country, from Almajiri schools to post-primary institutions.
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