By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government on Tuesday unveiled a forty million-dollar ICT project aimed at digitising and transforming tertiary education in Nigeria. Known as the Blueprint ICT Development (Blueprint-ICT-Dev) Project, the initiative is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and will be implemented across 10 federal universities. Speaking duringContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has inaugurated the newly appointed members of the Governing Councils of selected federal tertiary institutions and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Education. Alausa, who presented letters of appointment to the appointees on Tuesday in Abuja, charged them to provideContinue Reading
By Edeki Igafe The Olu of Warri Kingdom, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has urged students to drastically minimise the use of cell phones and focus more on reading books. The Royal Father made the remarks on Tuesday at the scholarship award ceremony held at Nana Model College, Warri. The scholarship, facilitatedContinue Reading
By Uchenna Eletuo The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University of Education, Prof. Bilkis Lafiaji-Okuneye, says computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would promote objective evaluation of candidates. Lafiaji-Okuneye made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. NAN reports thatContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has announced that a scholarship scheme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will begin in the next academic year. He made the announcement during a joint press conference with Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Philip Pierre, on Monday in GrosContinue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has emerged part of the top 10 competitors at the prestigious ‘Power the Community 2025’ International Design Competition. The Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, Malam Auwalu Umar, disclosed this in Zaria on Monday. Umar said that the university’s outstanding performanceContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has demanded for immediate harmonisation of salary disbursements across all Federal and State institutions to ensure fairness and equity. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, National President of SSANU, made the demand in a communique issued on Monday at the end ofContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi More than 80 per cent of the 98,232 candidates eligible for nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) failed to turn-up for the examination on Saturday. The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this in Abuja during the monitoring exercise of theContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Stakeholders from various sectors have emphasised the urgent need to dismantle barriers and promote inclusive education for girls as a pathway to empowerment and national development. They made the call at the SDG4 for Girls Summit, themed “Advancing Education for Girls: Breaking Barriers, Creating Leaders,” organised by Focus onContinue Reading
By Oluwaseyi Oduneye-Ogunwomoju The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a motion advocating the integration of mental health education, counselling services, and structured support systems across schools in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the house decried the alarming statistics and emotional struggles ofContinue Reading
