Nigeria suspends application for “new polytechnics, monotechnics” for one year | The ICIR- Latest News

Disclosed on Thursday, February 13, by the executive secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Idris Bugaje, in Kaduna, is a new moratorium put in place to ensure that tertiary technical and vocational education and training institutions “are properly populated within their approved carrying capacities.”

The decision got the approval of the minister of education, Tunji Alausa, a doctorate holder — coming a day after a one-year suspension on the establishment of new private universities in Nigeria, was declared.

Babuje said that the government exempted health institutions from the moratorium due to low enrollment the faced.

“Polytechnics awaiting ministerial approval will be required to pay an application fee of N4 million and a processing fee of N2 million per programme of study.”

It also noted that monotechnics would pay an application fee of N2 million and a processing fee of N1 million per programme of study.

He warned that applicants had 30 days to make the payments, or their registration process would be terminated.

“New health institutions, which are exempted from the moratorium, will pay the same fees as monotechnics for registration.”

Originally published at https://www.icirnigeria.org on February 13, 2025.