By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – African universities have been challenged to embrace, deepen digital education and make it acceptable to their societies in order to achieve its desired impact. Dr. Olivier Kuttel, the Head of International Affairs of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland, gave the charge on...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) for universities has been revised to Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) which will soon be unveiled to the public. The commission said the CCMAS will provide 70 per cent of...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to resolve outstanding demands reached with them in order to avert disruptions in the academic calendar. ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, made this disclosure while addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency National...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts to strengthen its regulatory powers, the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on Wednesday, disclosed that it has approached the National Assembly for amendment to the Act establishing the Council to change its name to Teachers Regulatory Council of Nigeria....
The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, says the Senate will intervene in the lingering dispute between the Federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by bringing them back to negotiation table. Lawan made the promise on Tuesday in Abuja to officials of the National Association of...
In 1999, the first private university in Nigeria was established in Okada. It was named Igbinedion University. Since then, private educators and investors have literarily taken over the Tertiary Education sector in Nigeria. However, the cost of running these private institutions continues to sky-rocket, a reflection of the economic...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hammid Bobboyi has said the ECCDE’s implementation is a yardstick for nurturing a child’s educational development through early stimulation and transition into primary school. Dr. Bobboyi said this on Monday at the opening of capacity...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Improvement in Internet network, steady power supply as well as functional computers were among features that made the candidates writing the 2022 UTME excited on Monday, the second day of the exam. It would be recalled that examination which has a total of 1,761,338...
Following the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) every Monday in the South East, candidates writing the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Enugu have been left stranded. The 2022 Computer Based Test (CBT) which began on Friday May 6, ought to have ended...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Monday in Abuja began the disbursement of allocation papers for direct intervention funds approved by the presidency to public tertiary institutions in the country. The latest interventions which runs into billions of naira, saw each beneficiary institutions,...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday after its National Executive Council meeting at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja. Prof. Osodeke said the...
The Federal Government says it will resume its negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week, with a view to ending the prolonged closure of Nigerian public universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this in his opening remark at a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As over 1.7m candidates on Friday began sitting for 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Internet network failure, power disruption, malfunctioning of computers were among challenges encountered by candidates. Also slow verification process was identified among the hitches affecting candidates seeking admission into various...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged its officials to adhere strictly to its guidelines as the 2022 exercise begins for over 1.7 million candidates nationwide. JAMB gave the directive in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar in Abuja....
It has been revealed that the wives of Vice Chancellors of public universities are set to travel to Istanbul, Turkey for a five-day conference. This is as the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities since February 14, 2022, entered its third month. According to...
The National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed it will not allow any political party hold a convention in Abuja to select any presidential candidate. The NANS President, Sunday Asefon, who disclosed this in a statement, said the reason for its stance is due to the ongoing strike by...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all candidates who registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start printing their 2022 UTME notification slips from Saturday, 30th April, 2022, ahead of this year’s exercise. The Director, Information Technology Services,...
MTN Nigeria and Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) today announced the launch of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MTN MIP), which will be run by PAU’s School of Media and Communication (SMC). The six-month, fully funded fellowship for Nigerian media practitioners is designed to support the sustainable development of the nation’s changing media scene. It is...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A multi-million 160-seat capacity lecture theater has been donated to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. Speaking while commissioning the legacy project, which was built within five months on Tuesday at the Gubi Permanent Site of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has called for more investment in primary and secondary schools to enhance the pursuit of purposive tertiary education, tailored towards meeting the needs of the society. Echono, who spoke in Abuja while...