Educational Correspondence Colleges Accreditation Act

(1) If any person is desirous of enrolling not less than twenty citizens of Nigeria as students for any correspondence course run or to be run by any correspondence college of which he is or proposes to be the proprietor, then, where such course or part thereof is to be run by the correspondence college in Nigeria or, as the case may be, to be undertaken by such students while resident in Nigeria, the proprietor concerned shall, in addition to incorporating the enterprise under the provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, apply to the Minister for accreditation of the correspondence college in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(2) Where, on the coming into operation of this Act, any correspondence college is carrying on business in Nigeria, the proprietor thereof may apply within three months thereafter to be accredited, but shall cease to carry on such business in Nigeria after the expiration of six months from the coming into operation of this Act, unless prior to the expiration of the said period, such correspondence college is accredited to continue its business in accordance with the provisions of this Act.