Deregulation, Public – Private Partnerships, and Private Universities in Nigeria

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine some factors in Public –Private Partnerships which would sustain and improve private tertiary education in Nigeria. These factors include: access to the Tertiary Education Tax Fund, provision of research funds to the private universities, training and human resources development, funding for provision of ICT Infrastructure, Free provision of virtual Library facilities, Build – Operate and Transfer Hostel facilities. These arrangements call for relaxing or dismantling the legal and government restrictions on the operations of education business. This partial support approach would encourage private universities who now contribute about 12% of University education in Nigeria.