$2 billion spent annually on school fees abroad by Nigerians- Senator

- The senator lamented that Nigerians travel to other African countries to get educated

- She claimed Nigerians spend at least $2 billion annually on school fees abroad annually

Despite the growing economic challenges, it has been revealed that Nigerians spend at least $2 billion annually on school fees abroad annually.

This was made known by Senator Binta Masi, chairman senate committee on tertiary institution and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) when she official commissioned Federal University of Lafia, (FUL) to the Nigeria Research and Education Network (NgREN).

According to Vanguard newspaper, the senator was worried that Nigerians travel to other African countries to get educated.

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She added that the NgREN initiative would be further exposed to the members of the National Assembly to fully engage all stakeholders and ensure adequate funding and support for maximum delivery of the NgREN services.

On his part, the coordinator of NgREN, Dr Joshua Attah, said the network helped in cutting cost as its present connection fee was $59 per megg.

“It helps to avoid unnecessary travels and also help cut cost of capacity building as teaching can be delivered to several people.”

Meanwhile, the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna state has joined the drive to make education available to more Nigerians by introducing its Distance Learning Center (DLC).

Legit.ng gathered that after introducing the distance education programme, the institution also unveiled seven Diploma programmes that will be offered on the e-Learning platform.

Source: Legit.ng