Excluding private universities from TETFund discriminatory — Trinity Varsity VC

THE vice-chancellor of Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, Prof Clement Kolawole has decried the continued exclusion of private universities from Tertiary Education Trust Fund(TETFund) coverage, describing such exclusion as discriminatory.

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He argued that private universities also deserve to benefit, just like the government-owned  tertiary schools, from TETFund money.

According to him, education is a social service and graduates from private schools are expected to contribute just like their peers from public schools to the national development, hence the need to factor them in by TETFUND.

The acting VC, who gave this position at a recent mentorship programne, tagged: “Campus Flaws 2024” with about 700 senior secondary school students and teachers from private schools in attendance, said even though, the education tax fund was an idea of the Academic Staff Union of Universities( ASUU) years back, the Act that established it ought to have been amended to accommodate private tertiary institutions in the spirit of fairness .

He therefore urged the Federal Government to, without further delay, look into this demand and act accordingly.

He, however, declared that Trinity University was set up  to make a clear difference from other universities in the country.