By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The federal government has disclosed that it will deploy all possible measures to protect schools and educational facilities across the country, describing the unwarranted attacks on schools and the abduction of students as unacceptable. Also it vowed to block all leakages of...
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The Federal Government says it will set up a formal negotiation team between the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and relevant stakeholders to look into recent hike in fees in schools across the country. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made this known at a news conference to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The move by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to attract major international research grants to Nigerian scholars has received a massive boost as the European Union has committed to provide 440,000 euro to support shortlisted research teams in the country under the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The government of Gambia, has solicited for postgraduate scholarships in Nigerian universities for its students. The Gambian Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Prof. Pierre Gomez, made the appeal during a courtesy visit to the acting Executive Secretary of National...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has disclosed that it has disbursed the sum of N550 million to the Kaduna State College of Education (COE) Gidan Waya, for the purpose of addressing insecurity in the institution. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has congratulated Master Adesina Ololade, a Kwara student who recently scored As (excellent) in all the nine subjects he wrote in the West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE). Ololade also went on to record an impressive 298 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination...
An 11-year old Oluwamayomikunsi Coker has emerged the winner of the 2023 Mathsbee competition in Oyo State. Coker clinched the N150,000 star prize at the Mathematics Competition organised by Mathsbee in Ibadan, Oyo State. Speaking on how she emerged the winner of the yearly competition, Coker said...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday in Abuja gave 43 tertiary institution students scholarships through the National Scholarship Programme (NASP) of her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). The first lady, at the maiden ceremony of the initiative, said each beneficiary would get N4 million across four academic sessions,...
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Master Ololade Adesina, who made nine 9As in the 2023 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), on Friday won 15 awards at the 15th graduation ceremony of Rehoboth College, Ilorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adesina was awarded the best student in Data Processing, Civic Education,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has urged the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to establish e-library, entrepreneurship training centres in higher education institutions in the state. The governor, who made the call during a visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc....
Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, says the board’s slogan, “Skills not Degrees”, is to encourage Nigerian youths to focus more on acquiring skills than certificates. Bugaje made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has reiterated its commitment to the speedy completion of its physical infrastructure interventions in Nigerian tertiary institutions. TETFund Executive Secretary Sunny Echono gave the pledge at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop which the organisation held on Wednesday in Owerri...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards CCMAS (CCMAS) will begin by September 2023. The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes while bringing necessary innovation into the content and delivery of their...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi has approved the appointment of Dr. Rose Ugbe as the Acting Dean, Faculty of Law. The Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel Egbe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Calabar....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Florence Obi, says the embattled Dean of the Faculty of Law, who is now suspended will refund to the last kobo all money illegally extorted from UNICAL students. According to the VC...
The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has suspended Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean, Faculty of Law, for alleged violation of the institution’s extant laws and policies. The letter, which conveyed the suspension, was signed by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe. It stated that the suspension...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says the recent monetary policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has created difficulties in payment of foreign scholarship tuition and stipends.. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a one-day stakeholders...
The Federal Government has insisted that no federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees for students in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said this at a public hearing by the House of Representatives ad committee on students loans in Abuja. Adejo said that the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A center for the training of Technologists of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi to advance their skills in line with global best practices and standards has been opened by the National Association of Academic Technologists. NAAT, Bauchi Branch, also named the...
Sen. Babangida Hussaini, (APC-Jigawa Northwest), has offered N10 million scholarship to 254 indigent students from his constituency studying Science and Engineering in various tertiary institutions. Hussaini made the disclosure while presenting the money to the benefitting students through his foundation, Walin Kazaure Education Foundation, in Ringing on Monday....