Cost of university education in Nigeria is too cheap – Oby Ezekwesili

Previous clergyman of training, Oby Ezekwesil has said the expense of tertiary instruction in Nigeria has been diminished to the degree that quality has been undermined.

Talking on Thursday at the dispatch of Edfin, Nigeria's first instructive microfinance bank, she prompted that the national government discover an answer that does not bargain the nature of training.

"There involves how would you share the expense of getting a tertiary instruction. Tragically, our general public did not go to the understanding that even instruction financing does not need to be an issue.

You should have an answer that the evaluating of training does not get brought down to the dimension where it can't continue quality. That is what's happening now. We are bringing down tertiary instruction to a dimension where an individual is agreeable to pay nearly N500,000 for the kids in a top auxiliary school yet once the youngsters go into the college, their folks are prepared to go along with them to challenge about the valuing of college training. During the time spent doing that, you are trading off quality and pertinence" she said.

"The individuals who have the ability to pay should pay the correct cost for tertiary training and for those without the ability to pay, edufinance and a sponsorship from the government that is very much planned will come to guarantee that they are not let well enough alone for instruction."