The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Campus France on collaboration in the areas of joint research and promotion of innovation, training of qualified Nigerian academics in French higher educational institutions.
Other areas of collaboration are scholars/students exchanges and support for French language immersion programme.
The MoU was recently signed in Paris on by the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, while attending an event tagged ‘Nigeria Days in France’, organised by the French Embassy and Campus France to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and France in the fields of higher education and research.
Under the agreement, Campus France would assist in facilitating the placement ofTETFund scholars in specialized institutions in France at a very low tuition, particularly in the areas of science, technology and engineering.
The programme will also expose scholars to world-class facilities, encourage collaboration between French and Nigerian scholars in carrying out cutting-edge research and innovation as well as provide opportunities for students and staff exchange.
