Does freeze on new varsities make economic sense?

Primary school kids on a visit to UoN: Where will they school when they grow up? Photo By XN Iraki.

Nine new universities were given charters but a freeze on building new universities came into effect. That was long overdue not because the new universities are competitors to my own, but it makes economic sense.

Interestingly, we are far from being among the countries with most universities in the world. The list has surprises with among the top 10 being India, USA, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Bangladesh, China, France, Mexico, Japan and Indonesia.