By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The governor made the call in Calabar, Wednesday, when the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged...
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The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, has urged the Federal Government to scrap the Higher National Diploma (HND) in the Polytechnics if the government would not remove the dichotomy between HND and BSc. Bugaje disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has announced free and compulsory education from nursery to Junior Secondary School (JSS 3) in public schools in the state. Soludo announced the policy at Premier Primary School, Obosi, Idemili North Council Area, on Thursday. He said that his administration was passionate...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) has rescheduled its first “National Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education in Nigeria” earlier scheduled to hold on Tuesday, 26th and Wednesday, 27th September, to Monday, 25th and Tuesday, 26th...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission has revealed that Nigeria needs an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to be able to absorb the growing number of out-of-school children in the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Hammed Boboyi, gave the statistics while briefing...
The leadership of the Students’ Union of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has appealed to the university management to reverse the recent increase in tuition fees. Mr Abass Ojo, the president of the Union, made the appeal at a news conference at the university premises in Ile-Ife...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Engr Dr Bukar Abubakar uluas the new rector of Ramat Polytechnic with effect from 25th September, 2023. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has identified industry-linked research in the country’s Institutions of higher learning as key to national development. The Minister made the observation today in his office in Abuja while receiving briefings from Chief Executives of Parastatals and...
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has listed the University of Abuja, Modibo Adama University in Yola, Adamawa, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, as institutions running engineering programmes with expired accreditation status. President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, made this known in Abuja...
A teenager, Miss Oluwabukolami Adeyemi, the recipient of the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award for 2022 has finally left the country for United Kingdom for her studies. This was made possible when Kogi Governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello, fulfilled his scholarship promise to the girl, a statement in...
The MTN Foundation says it has spent about N3 billion on scholarships for less privileged undergraduate students and students living with disabilities in the country. The Director of the Foundation, Mr Reginald Okeya, disclosed this on Thursday at the Scholarship Award ceremony in Port Harcourt. Okeya said...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Thursday that it would establish the FCT University of Technology to increase access to tertiary education and decongest the FCT College of Education Zuba, Abuja. The Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCTA, Dr Danlami Hayyo, disclosed this during the inauguration of...
The MTN Chief Enterprise Officer, Lynda Saint-Nwafor, says 5th Generation partnership will open doors to a world of possibilities in education. Saint-Nwafor spoke at the tripartite event hosted by MTN in partnership with Huawei and Baze University on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Engr. Lawan Abba Wakilbe, on Wednesday visited the Borno State University (BOSU) and urged the school authorities to maintain the standard of education. He also promised to ensure more educational interventions are...
The University of Lagos says the increase of obligatory fees is not intended to stop indigent students from accessing quality education. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, made the assertion at a virtual news conference on Saturday night in Lagos, where she explained why it...
Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, Founder, Igbinedion University (IOU), Okada, Edo, on Thursday disclosed his reason for establishing the first private university in the country in 1999. Igbinedion, who is the Esama of Benin Kingdom and Chancellor of IOU, spoke at his 89th birthday lecture organised by the institution in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has given final approval for immediate recruitment of 4,000 new teachers already evaluated and shortlisted for deployment to public primary and secondary schools across Borno State. Governor Zulum announced the approval on Wednesday evening in Maiduguri....
MTN Nigeria on Wednesday announced the fourth edition of the mPulse Spelling Bee Competition. This year’s edition began on Aug. 21, and incorporates a blend of digital and on-site models, with the initial two rounds taking place on the MTN mPulse website. The grand finale of the competition is scheduled...