The Department of Higher Education and Training would like to place on record that Cida City Campus is a private higher education institution and as such is regulated by the department in terms of the Regulatory Framework for Private Higher Education Institutions so as to ensure that the post school system provides both youth and adults with opportunities to participate and gain an education to improve their lives and contribute towards the economic development of the country.
However, the Kenya Association of Private Universities (Kapu) expressed concerns that by implementing the unit costing in public universities, fees charged in their institutions would be affected because of the forces of a free-market.
The Girne American University, a private educational institution in Turkey, which was established in 1985, is recruiting students from Ghana and other African countries for its bachelors, masters and Phd degree programmes, this year.
Founded in 2005, the Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has come a long way. The Registrar, Ademola Ajibola, a lawyer, in this interview with Editor, Education, TAYO LEWIS insists that rather than encouraging a depreciation of standards, private varsities are raising a standard which is putting parents’ minds at rest.