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...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has lamented that corruption and sabotage were majorly responsible for the decay in the state education sector. He said that it was disturbing that despite huge efforts and resources he has put into the sector, nothing much...
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has secured a grant of about $1.5 million (₦1,135,320,000.00) from Aspen Tech Inc., a U.S.-based company, to enable it expand its oil and gas-related training and research. The institution, which announced this in its Bulletin on Monday, explained that the grant was given...
The Federal Teachers Recruitment is a program that aims to recruit qualified teachers to work in government-funded schools across Nigeria. The application process is open to all Nigerian citizens who meet the eligibility requirements. Eligibility Requirements To be eligible for the Federal Teachers Recruitment 2023, you must: Be a...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has debunked reports alleging that the institution has increased its school fees. UNICAL Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said in a statement on Saturday that the clarification came on the heels of a report online that the...
The United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education is celebrating a significant milestone as the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) platform reaches 500,000 users. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigerian teachers have been urged to engage in lifelong learning to remain relevant to learners’ aspirations in a fast-changing global environment. This was contained in the recommendations arising from the 2023 Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, Online Annual Conference of Registered Teachers. The...
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...
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...