Chidimma UCHEGBU The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), Professor Sola Akinrinade, has lamented the decline in the quality of entrants into the Nigerian University System, and says urgent intervention is needed to stem this worrying tide. Prof. Akinrinade made this statement on Tuesday at a policy review…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has said that the order of the federal government directing Colleges of Education to remit 40 percent of their internally generated revenue (IGR) to the federal purse was retrogressive and destructive. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr.…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that it has concluded plans to migrate its WASSCE for Private Candidates Examination Diets from written test to Computer Based Examination (CBE). This, WAEC said in a statement by its Acting Head of Public Affairs,…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities was a welcome development. It said the probe will show that the examination body has been forthright. Recall that the Senate had on Wednesday agreed to…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted approval for the establishment of eight Science and Technology education programmes at Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi state. The new undergraduate education programmes are Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Geography, Library and Information Science, and…
Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed its readiness to partner with Rural Electricification Agency (REA) to ensure uninterrupted power supply in universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made this known during a courtesy visit to his…
Chidimma UCHEGBU As part of efforts to internationalise Nigerian institutions, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has said it is improving facilities in universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education to attract international faculties and students. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono, who disclosed this while receiving a team of…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), said on Tuesday that its collection of education tax in the current fiscal is the highest in a single year since inception. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sunny Echono, who disclosed this, appreciated the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, for its diligent…
Ikenna FRANCIS, Awka Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has tasked political anthropologists across universities in Africa on the development of an indigenous democratic culture that imbibes the traditional values of the people of the continent. He made this call while delivering the keynote address at a two-day…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Federal Government has called on chairmen of States Universal Basic Education Board to ensure that every child in their respective states benefit from the free, universal and compulsory basic education aimed at reducing the incidence of out- of-school children syndrome. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu,…