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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N130,000,000.00 as a zonal intervention for each polytechnic in its 2023 intervention line, geared towards reinvigorating skills acquisition in polytechnics across the country. It said a total of N60,290,000,000.00 was allocated for Zonal Intervention for the year 2023 to all…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says the Federal Government disbursed a total of N57,165,751,416.12 to states for teachers’ professional development programmes within the last 13 years. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, made this known at the National Conference on Teacher Professional Development on Monday in…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal Government has banned underage children from participating in the National Common Entrance Examination for admission into the Unity Schools across the country. The government has accordingly directed the National Examination Council (NECO) to put strict measures in place to prevent underage persons from registering for the…

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Mike Omere The Director of Administration at United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited, Linus Awute, has been named among notable Nigerians who bagged national honours as approved by the federal government. Awute, a retired Federal Permanent Secretary, bagged the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). He…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed that the results of the 2022 National Personnel Audit (NPA) for basic education institutions in the country are almost ready for release. Bobboyi stated this while fielding questions from newsmen during a one-day…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) has disclosed how it generated about N55 billion which it remitted to government coffers since Prof. Ishaq Oloyede assumed leadership of the organisation just as it again remitted N2billion as its interim surplus for the 2023 operating year. Speaking in a statement…

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