Students must do problem-solving projects, not theses –Tech-U VC

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The Vice -Chancellor of Technical University, Ibadan, Prof . Ayobami Salami , tells OLUFEMI ATOYEBI that Nigerian universities must restructure to stop education tourism

What mandate did you have when the school began?
The school clocked one year on June 6, 2018. The mandate we had was to bring in students within a year and put structures in place . We achieved this in six months and got the National Universities Commission accreditation for 15 academic programmes.

There is criticism over the perceived high tuition fee of the school . Will this not scare students away ?
People have asked if the school is exclusively for the rich. The aim of the university is to provide quality education for children of the rich and the poor . The rich who can afford it can send their children here. For the poor who cannot afford the fee , we have been able to raise N .5bn in scholarship, to help indigent students.

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