Chidimma UCHEGBU As part efforts to tackle growing learning crisis in the country, the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has flagged off the training of 1,480 teachers selected from rural and hard-to-reach schools in the 36 states and FCT. The training which focuses on the multigrade and mixed ability approaches…
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Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja Stakeholders in the education sector have demanded a thorough review of existing laws governing the National Examination Council (NECO). The review, according to them, would instigate reforms that reflect the technological advancements and evolving needs of the educational landscape. They made the call during a one-day retreat…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Examinations Council (NECO) has digitalized the process for recruitment of examination supervisors and assistant supervisors for the internal and external Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The digitalization was to check sharp practices in the recruitment process and to enhance efficiency…
Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja The Minister of Education, Prof, Tahir Mamman, has said the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) will defund any non-performing centre of excellence it established eight years ago. Mamman said that the government will not continue to reward indolence by giving free money to institutions that are not…
Matt Gabriel The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has directed the Federal Ministry of Health to reinstate Professor Monday Igwe as the Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu. The committee gave the directive, in its ruling on a petition brought before the House by Igwe against…
Chidimma Uchegbu -Abuja THE Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has said that the Commission would commence this year’s Easter pilgrimage exercise in June. He disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, during a zoom meeting with the Conference of States, comprising the Chairmen and Secretaries of…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has tasked the State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) on delivering quality education to Nigerians. Hamid Bobboyi, the Executive Secretary UBEC, made the call at a meeting with UBEC and SUBEBs quality assurance officers. “As professionals, you need no convincing that quality…
Chidimma Uchegbu No fewer than 1.8 million candidates who sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held across Nigeria last weekend, scored above 200 as the Point Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced release of the resukts. Specifically, JAMB said a total of 1,842,464 candidates secured above 200…
Chidimma Uchegbu Over 2.5 million students have been enrolled in the Tertiary Education, Research, Applications and Services (TERAS), platform provided by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono, disclosed that the platform has excess capacity but public institutions are given the preference of onboarding…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has said part of the reforms it carried out was to eliminate the use of vendors and contracts in its academic and professional staff training interventions. The fund said contracts were no longer used for its content-based interventions except in infrastructural projects…