The bill was passed on Thursday after the Senate reverted to
plenary and entertained reports on the bill’s progress.
Titled, ‘Education (National, Minimum Standards and
Establishment of Institutions) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (SB. 559),’ the bill was
read for the third time on the Senate floor and passed.
Earlier, the Senate had dissolved into the Committee of the
Whole for the clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Committee on
Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND on the Education (National, Minimum Standards
and Establishment of Institutions) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (SB. 559).
The report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and
TETFUND on the Education (National, Minimum Standards and Establishment of
Institutions) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (SB. 559) was presented by Senator Barau
Jibrin.
Senator Gilbert Nnaji also seconded the motion, urging the
Senate to consider the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and
TETFUND on the Education (National, Minimum Standards and Establishment of
Institutions) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (SB. 559).
Senator Barau Jibrin then presented the report.
The Bill seeks to amend the Education (National Minimum
Standards and Establishment of Institutions) Act CAP E3 LFN 2004 to provide
regulatory bodies with effective tools for enforcing national minimum standards
in the educational sector.
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