By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere has accused school authorities in the country of conniving with Examination officers to help candidates cheat in examination. Ihonvbere who disclosed this at a National Sensitisation workshop on Examination Malpractice in Nigeria...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A private university based in the Federal Capital Territory, Philomath University, has named a road project within the university campus to immortalise the late mother of the FCT Minister of State, Hajiya Zainab Sidi Ali, for her contribution to the development of learning and...
No fewer than nine secondary school students will partake in the Company of the Year (COY) competition organised by the Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, a non-governmental organisation. The JA Africa, Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Simi Nwogwugwu, said at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos that the competition would...
The Management of Auchi polytechnic, Edo, says it had expelled 40 students over result falsification and deficiency at the point of entry into some programmes at the institution. A news bulletin of the Information and Public Relations Unit of the institution on Wednesday, signed by Adebola Ogunboyowa, said the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC), says it has no hand in the appointment of Vice-Chancellor for tertiary institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, who disclosed this at an interactive section with the press on Wednesday in Abuja, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has rejected the systematic disengagement of government from funding of Public Universities through the proposed introduction of education loan which has proven to be a monumental failure in Nigeria and some other countries where it was introduced....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – For Nigeria to achieve the desired progress as a knowledge-based economy, there must be a deliberate effort at bringing Research and Development to the center stage through relevant policy implementation. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono gave the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Florence Obi has said that the University Open Distance Learning will take off next academic session. Prof. Obi stated this during a town hall meeting at the International Conference Centre to Mark her 2nd...
The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has said that speaking and writing English is a major challenge to many Nigerian graduates. Anieke spoke when officials of the National Universities Commission (NUC) visited the university on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – The Chairman, Association of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (ARNU) Dr. Abubakar Mamuda, has said the frequent industrial action by four unions in the university systems is a major set back for tertiary institutions in the country. Dr. Mamuda stated this at the 17th retreat...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has called on examination and assessment agencies in the country to adopt ICT in tackling the menace of examination malpractices and build multi- dimensional approach to address the menace. Malam Adamu made the call in Lagos State, while...
Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has called on the Federal Government to release the seven months unpaid salaries of its members. The Union’s Chairman, Dr Chinedu Ihejirika, stated this in a communique he co-signed with its secretary, Dr Etienne...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AEFUNAI), Ebonyi chapter, says it will cover grounds lost to the eight-month called off in October. The union, therefore, appealed to stakeholders to prevail upon the Federal Government to “avoid engaging in any activity that could plunge...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) lecturers have been paid full salaries for the month of November by the Federal Government. However, the lectures’ eight-month arrears remain withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this known in an interview...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Arch. Sonny Echono has urged the Research and Development Standing Committee (RSDC) to design an agenda that can fast track the research process in Nigeria. Echono stated this when he met with leadership of the Committee, led by...
The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof. Josiah Ajiboye has urged Nigerians to stop portraying the educational sector in bad light in the global scene. According to him, Nigerians should always emphasise the positive values of the sector. Ajiboye was speaking at a one-day retreat on the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) chapter, on Monday protested what they called casualisation of intellectual workers in the country. Prof. Rasheed Adeoye, the former ASUU Chairman of the university, described half salaries reportedly paid by government to members of the union...
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) said on Monday that holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) would soon be employed as Assistant Lecturers in Polytechnics and Monotechnics. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Prof. Idris Bugaje, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has set the National Skills Qualification (NSQ) training as a precondition for accreditation of National Diploma (ND) programmes in Polytechnics and Monotechnics. The NSQ is a work related and competence-based qualification with skills assessed at both the training centre and workplace. The...