The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, have kicked against the growing trend of converting public colleges of education to universities. This was made known by the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono and President of COEASU, Dr Smart Olugbeko, during a three-day national conference and workshop on Digital Pedagogy and Fundable Research Proposal Writing organised by COEASU in Abuja. They decried the development while highlighting the important role colleges of education play in producing teachers at the basic education le…