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TETFund to disburse N2.8bn to each public university in 2025

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced its 2025 intervention disbursement plan, with public universities receiving N2.86 billion, polytechnics N1.99 billion, and colleges of education N2.18 billion. The plan focuses on upgrading, rehabilitating, and renovating dilapidated infrastructure in beneficiary institutions, encouraging consultation, and increasing funding for research, academic staff training, and manuscript/book development. The 2025 allocation is categorized as 91.08% for direct disbursement, 48.90% as annual direct disbursement, 42.18% as special direct disbursement, 8.72% for designated projects, and 0.20% for stabilization funds. Key focus areas include expanding medical education, energy and infrastructure, research and innovation support, laboratory and agricultural development, and technical and vocational education. The 2025 intervention package introduces several new programs, including the Diaspora Outreach/Exchange Program, Staff Support Fund for universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, electric tricycles for campus transportation, student startup/innovation grants, and 12 new Entrepreneurship for Innovation Hubs. TETFund is expanding its TERAS platform to digitize and modernize learning institutions, and urged institutions to reduce reliance on government funding by fostering private-sector partnerships for infrastructure development and facility management.

Erunke Joseph | Education-TETFund | Vanguard | Friday, March 14, 2025