By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it is addressing plights of some Nigerian lecturers studying in foreign institutions under the TETfund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) programmes. The assurance was given in statement by the Acting Director, Public Affairs of TETFund,Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has made commitments towards addressing fundamental issues in the nation’s education sector. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary-General, Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, in Abuja on Wednesday. Continue Reading
By Patience Yakubu A Kaduna-based NGO, Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI) has empowered 50 adolescent girls with digital skills and access to virtual learning as supplementary education platform in Kaduna state. The founder and Programme Director, EWEI, Mrs Safiya Ibn-Garba said that the girls were empowered under the NGO’sContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola The House of Representatives says it will ensure that 14 million out-of-school Nigerian children are back to schools through an intervention framework. Rep. Almustapha Aliyu, the Chairman, House Committee on Alternative Education, said this in Abuja on Sunday. He said out-of-school children would be trained with relevantContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has advocated a mandatory 50 per cent skills acquisition for every secondary schools students. He said it would help the students to better understand their interests and abilities, improve them in decision- making, therebyContinue Reading
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
