FG Freezes Registration of New Polytechnics, Monotechnics for One Year

The federal government announced a one-year ban on new registrations for polytechnics and monotechnics across the country.
The announcement was announced in a statement issued Thursday in Kaduna by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Cooperation.

Education professor Idris Bugaje.
However, Tunji Alausa, the minister of education, stated that health institutions were exempt from the ban due to low enrollment concerns, as Bugaje had pointed out.

According to the announcement, polytechnics currently awaiting ministerial clearance will be required to pay a processing charge of ₦2 million and an application cost of ₦4 million for each program of study. In contrast, each program of study will cost monotechnics ₦2 million plus a ₦1 million processing fee.
The registration process will end if the banned fees are not paid within 30 days.

He stated that each program of study will need polytechnics seeking ministerial clearance to pay an application charge of ₦4 million and a processing cost of ₦2 million.

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Monotechnics, on the other hand, will cover the ₦2 million application fee and the ₦1 million processing fee for every program of study.

If applicants fail to pay these fees within the 30-day period, the registration procedure will be terminated.

“New health institutions will pay the same registration fees as Monotechnics, despite being exempt from the moratorium.”

According to the NBTE executive secretary, the new initiative attempts to ensure that postsecondary Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions have a sufficient number of employees within their permitted carrying capacity.