There is report that the government has advanced a plan to upgrading Bomi Community College (BCC) to degree-granting university status.
A report quoted Bomi County’s Senator, Edwin Melvin Snowe, as saying that the caucus and relevant public institutions are working together to actualize the plan.
This means a certain portion of the Act that established the college will be amended by the Legislature and that discussion might originate from the Liberian Senate.
There is a report of some US$5 million that was allotted in the 2022 fiscal year budget for which the former Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Nathaniel McGill, broke ground in August for the construction of additional 50 classrooms at the same college.
If BCC is granted university status, it would bring to five the number of state-owned universities in the country.
The public universities include the University of Liberia in Montserrado County; William V. S. Tubman University formerly William V.S. Tubman College of Technology in Maryland County; Nimba University formerly Nimba County Community College; Grand Bassa University formerly Grand Bassa Community College and the would-be Bomi University which is now Bomi County Community College.
As of 2018, the country had a total of 38 government recognized universities and colleges that confer baccalaureate degrees or higher on candidates in various disciplines.
In 2010, there were 14 community colleges and two public universities, the University of Liberia and the Tubman University recognized by the National Commission on Higher Education.
However, there are more private and faith-based universities and colleges than public tertiary or higher institutions of learning.
