By PETER SICHALITHE Higher Education Authority (HEA) is in the process of taking legal action against universities and colleges operating illegally, acting director general Vitalicy Chifwepa has warned.Dr Chifwepa said the authority would continue with its surveillance programme and ensure institutions of higher learning operating illegally were prosecuted in line with the law.Dr Chifwepa said the HEA will this week start legal action against 10 Universities that had been operating illegally.“As the procedure demands, we published names of 10 institutions that have been illegally operating and the second step is prosecution,” Dr Chifwepa said.Dr Chifwepa said the HEA legal team had taken up the matter and would start the legal process against erring universities.Dr Chifwepa has advised the public to always ask for registration credentials of institutions before enrolling for any programme.He said so many people had lost money by enrolling with universities that were not recognised by HEA.The authority, he said, has scaled up surveillance to ensure members of public were protected from bogus […]
HEA TO PROSECUTE ‘ILLEGAL’ VARSITIES
