By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Osun Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has sought for the support of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in strengthening the infrastructural development of tertiary institutions in the state. Adeleke was speaking during a courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Chinyere Nwachukwu The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says plans to introduce the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in the administration of its examinations are at advanced stage. The Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Bridget Ikyado The Benue Government has given assurance that schools in the state would be repositioned to provide qualitative education in line with global standard. The Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Rev. Frederick Ikyaan, gave the assurance during an inspection visit to Government College Makurdi, on Thursday. AccordingContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi No fewer than 72 Nigerians awarded with the Hungarian postgraduate and undergraduate scholarships would be departing Nigerian on Sept. 22 and Sept. 23. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, at a pre-departure briefing ceremony with the beneficiaries in Abuja on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of State for Education, Dr Tanko Sununu, has appealed to students, parents and lecturers in public tertiary institutions to shun acts capable of disrupting the academic session as schools get set for resumption. Sununu made the appeal in Abuja on Wednesday when the leadershipContinue Reading
By Nefishetu Yakubu Seplat Energy on Wednesday trained over 350 teachers under its Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP) to enable them acquire modern learning methods, in line with creative thinking for the development of education in Edo and Delta states. Speaking during the flag off of the STEP empowerment programmeContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has stressed the need to educate more girls in Science, Technology, Economics and Mathematics (STEM) to increase access to digital banking. Mohammed stated this in her keynote address at the 2023 International Conference, Exhibition and 40th anniversary of Association of Professional Women EngineersContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola The Chartered Institute of Treasury Management (CITM) and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at offering a dual certification programme for Masters degree students in Finance and Treasury Management. Mr Olumide Adedoyin, the Registrar, CITN, said in a statement inContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari A cross section of parents in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT has decried the incessant strikes in public schools, saying it is depriving their children the right to education. The parents in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, described theContinue Reading
By Chinyere Nwachukwu The Management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced a reduction in fees, after a meeting with the executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Recall that the hike in obligatory fees by the institution had attracted a lotContinue Reading
