 This body is responsible for strategic planning for higher education in Nicaragua, and it is also the organization that provide accreditation to other universities.The members of the National Council of Universities are the oldest universities in Nicaragua, with the last one founded in 1992.Since the early 1990s, a large number of new private universities have been established in Nicaragua, responding to a greatly increased educational demand fueled by the increasing student enrollment in elementary and secondary schools during the 1980s.