How TETFund Is Becoming A Model For Higher Education Funding In Africa

As countries across Africa search for sustainable ways to finance higher education, Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is increasingly attracting attention beyond the country’s borders.
The latest interest has come from The Gambia, where the government is looking to draw lessons from Nigeria’s experience as it develops a new funding institution for its tertiary education sector.
The Gambian Government has announced plans to undertake a study tour of TETFund, with officials of the country’s newly established Tertiary and Higher Education Trust (THET) Fund expected to visit Nigeria to study the agency’s structure, operations and interventions.
The development emerged on...