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Nigeria ends National Teachers’ Institute university partnerships

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Nigeria’s Education Ministry ends the National Teachers’ Institute’s university affiliations for programmes leading to NCE and Bachelor’s degrees. Admissions to full-time, part-time and distance-learning programmes will no longer be processed, according to the ministry cited by Premium Times.

The Nigerian government is ending university-related admissions linked to partnerships with the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI). The Education Ministry said it would no longer process admissions for full-time, part-time or distance-learning programmes leading to NCE and Bachelor’s degrees.

The measure concerns the degree programmes offered by the NTI under its affiliations with universities, according to the Education Ministry.

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