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The National Universities Commission says it will check every university’s enrolment against its approved quota after matriculation. This explainer sets out what the monitoring does, why universities admit beyond capacity, what the law allows and what remains unresolved.
Nigerian universities answer to the National Universities Commission and, for professional programmes, to a second statutory council. This explainer sets out where that oversight overlaps, what the overlap costs and what coordinated regulation would require.
JAMB has run foreign UTME centres since at least 2013 without publishing how many candidates use them, what they cost or what they achieve. Before the Ottawa centre opens, it should publish the evidence.
Watch the full iRead Initiative and BudgIT policy conversation on NELFUND’s financial sustainability, financing, loan recovery, and governance.
Eight scholars and practitioners, chaired by Prof. Sola Akinrinade, will guide iRead’s research toward a Nigerian higher education system every qualified student can access, afford, and thrive in.
This policy brief evaluates NELFUND across four dimensions, access, recovery, financing, and governance against the 2024 Act itself. It also examines evidence from NELFUND’s record, compares the scheme with five international systems, and outlines what Nigeria…
Five Evidence-Based Recommendations to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for the 2027 UTME Cycle
Opinion, analysis, and coverage of iRead Initiative in the national press.
