Hold FG Responsible If We Shut Down College Of Educations, COEASU Tells Nigerians

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, has asked Nigerians to hold the Federal Government responsible if they shut down colleges of education across the country.

The union also called on the government to demonstrate genuine concern for teacher-education in the way issues concerning the sub-sector in education, represented by the Colleges of Education, were being handled.

The union in a statement by its President, Dr. Smart Olugbeko, yesterday, stated: “Government has refused to redeem her recurring promises to release the N15 billion Revitalization Fund it pledged since 2018.

“The implication of the non-release of the fund is the deplorable conditions of the teaching-learning infrastructure that would have been addressed if the fund is released.

“The Presidential Needs Assessment in public Colleges of Education was conducted in 2014 and updated in 2017 with the promise of prompt intervention towards reversing the deplorable decay in infrastructure across the public Colleges of Education in Nigeria.

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