The minister of education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has set a target of increasing annual medical student enrolment to about 20,000 within the next three years, as part of efforts to expand Nigeria’s healthcare workforce and improve the quality of professional training.
Alausa disclosed this while receiving the report of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Medical Simulation Committee, announcing plans to establish world-class medical simulation centres across the country’s six geopolitical zones.
The centres are expected to provide practical training for medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy and other allied healthcare students amid rising enrolment in health-related programmes.
