Public varsities failure contributes to private varsities growth — Prof Falola

By Dayo Adesulu

For many stakeholders in the education  sector who are surprised about the sporadic growth in private universities globally,  Professor Toyin Falola  of   University of Texas, Austin, Texas ,USA, has said failure of public universities  contributed to the growth of private universities.According to him, most countries of the world are debating the virtues of public versus private schooling, comparing and contrasting the cost-benefits in their financing.  Falola who delivered the Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, 8th convocation lecture titled Private universities and the public good said private universities are now part of a global network that exchanges students and ideas, adding “ they’re agencies  of globalization.”

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