Chidimma UCHEGBU The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has expressed the readiness of the Fund to replicate innovation hubs projects in public universities and other higher education institutions in the country. Echono, made this known at the opening of TETFund Alliance for Innovative Research…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU Following the introduction of the Interactive e-Brochure and e-Syllabus System (IBASS), by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the agency on Monday, commenced training of all administrative staff of tertiary institutions to keep them abreast of the workings of the new platform The training which was held…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal Government has expressed concern over the low number of convictions recorded in cases of examination malpractice in the country. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Andrew Adejoh, made this known on Friday in Abuja at a one-day sensitization workshop on examination malpractice in Nigeria organised…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has warned public universities in the country against abridging the semester following the recent strike that rocked the nation’s university system. Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, who made this known at a media parley on Wednesday in Abuja, said some universities…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has called for the review of relevant civil service laws to address the lacuna bothering the death of staff on the eve of retirement. Oloyede made the call in Bwari, Abuja at the retirement ceremony…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Examinations Council (NECO) has expressed its readiness to totally root out incidents of exam malpractice in all its examinations. Registrar /Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, who made this known at a one-day sensitization workshop on examination malpractice, on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal Government of Nigeria, Monday, unveiled a new curriculum for university education to reflect the 21st-century realities. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who spoke on Monday during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Universities Communication (NUC), where the curriculum was unveiled, said the document…
Chidimma UCHEGBU For Nigeria to achieve the desired progress as a knowledge-based economy, there must be a deliberate effort at bringing Research and Development to the center stage through relevant policy implementation. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono, gave the charge recently while delivering…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has called on examination and assessment Agencies in the country to adopt ICT in tackling the menace of examination malpractices and build a multi-dimensional approach to address the menace. The minister made the call in Lagos State while declaring open a one-day…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has been awarded the ICT Gold Merit Award by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) in recognition of the Fund’s contributions to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the country, such as the Thesis Digitization Project embarked upon by the agency for the…