The Bauchi State Commissioner for Higher Education, Mrs Lydia Tsammani, has said the state has closed down 39 private colleges of education due to lack of registration. Tsammani made this known at a news conference in Bauchi on Thursday. According to her, the affected institutions did not got the approval of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), or put in place tangible infrastructure. “A total of 39 colleges were found to be without anything. They are operating in primary schools and when the school closes, then the NCE programmes start with even primary and secondary scho…