…as Edwin Clark University holds maiden convocation lecture
By Festus Ahon – Asaba
Former Executive Secretary of the National University Commission, NUC, Prof Julius Okojie has said the future of education in the country lies squarely in the hands of private universities in Nigeria.
Okojie who stated this while delivering a lecture at the maiden convocation of Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, said one major vantage of the private universities was their stability, lamenting that government-owned universities were always faced with the challenges of the incessant strike.
In the lecture titled; “Private Universities and Future of University Education In Nigeria”, he said even some universities have lost a cumulative period of more than eight semesters due to frequent strike, adding that whenever government owned universities were on strike, their private counterparts were in session.
Okojie held that the stability…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
