We’ve spent N27.76bn on ICT for tertiary schools in seven years —TETFUND
TETFUND explains its expenses
THE Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has, in the last seven years, committed a sum of N27.76 billion as ICT intervention support to public tertiary schools in the country, while N3.43 billion of the total amount was spent to train lecturers and other workers on digital literacy and productivity skills acquisition alone in those schools under the years in review.
The executive secretary of TETFUND, Mr Sonny Achono, disclosed this in Lagos while delivering the 26th convocation lecture of the Lagos State University(LASU), titled Higher Education in the Digital Age.
Achono, noted that the universities got the largest share which was N15.59 billion out of the total allocation, while the polytechnics and colleges of education got N6.37 billion and N5.80 billion respectively.
He explained the essence of investing such a huge amount of money on ICT in tertiary schools is because the 21st century economy requires that graduates possess relevant digital skills to thrive and contribute significantly.
Similarly, vice chancellor of LASU, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, while delivering the welcome address, the vice chancellor of LASU, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, said that the outbreak of Covid-19 and resultant global lockdown had exposed all countries and institutions to a reality that activities on digital space are indispensable andLas such LASU is now carrying out most of its activities both on site and digitally.
