The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has given 56 newly approved private institutions licences to operate.
The institutions consist of 20 private polytechnics, four Colleges of Health Sciences and Technology and 32 Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs).
Adamu, who was represented by Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary of the ministry, gave the licences to the proprietors in Abuja on Monday.
He said the approval was based on government’s determination to produce the critical mass of skilled manpower that would engender sustainable national development.
