Tag: Education
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Nigerian varsity introduces School-and-Work scheme, automates matric number issuance
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) has introduced a School-and-Work scheme and also automated the process of issuing students of the university matriculation number. This is contained in a release signed by the Vice Chancellor of IAUE, Professor Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, being highlights of the VC’s dialogue with students of the institution. Prof. Ndimele said…
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China to launch first student satellite for scientific education
China’s first nano-satellite with primary and middle school students involved in the development and building process will be launched into space Friday. The satellite, named after late Premier Zhou Enlai, was sent from its production base in Huai’an Youth Comprehensive Development Base in east China’s Jiangsu Province to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China’s…
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Masari sacks education commissioner
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has relieved the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Halimatu Idris, of her appointment with immediate effect. This was announced in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Alhaji Abdu Labaran, on Thursday in Katsina. The statement reported a letter personally signed by the governor thanking…
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FEC approves N377b for roads, power, education, others
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday approved over N377. 53 billion for projects covering roads, power, education, water, health among other projects, after over six hours deliberations. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the FEC meeting is to be continued on Thursday (today). Ministers of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, Power Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, Water Resources…
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Commercialization of education and the storm ahead, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo “Currently Nigeria’s out of school population is projected at 10 million while that of India is projected at 1.8 million, even though they have eight times our population. Why is it so?” “Without adequate investments in education” (and training in entrepreneurship) “there is no way the country can combat poverty”. (Atiku Abubakar…
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FG to spend N5bn on security for 104 unity schools
Federal Ministry of Education has set aside N5bn for the provision of “security infrastructure” in the country’s 104 Federal Government Colleges in 2018. According to the breakdown in the proposed 2018 Executive Budget obtained by our correspondent, the fund will be used for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television Cameras and the construction of perimeter fencing…
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JUST IN: UNILAG non-teaching staff shuts gate to protest
Non-academic staff at the University of Lagos on Monday protest what they termed “the Federal Government’s unequal distribution of allowance”. The protesters shut the institution’s gate. The scene of the protest at 11.48am, there was heavy traffic along major roads leading to the university gate as a result of the protest. The workers, who…
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JAMB to adopt malpractice device for future examination
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the deployment of the CCTV device during JAMB examinations had come to stay to tackle examination malpractice. Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, the board’s Registrar, made this known on the side-line of a two-day International Summit on Examination Malpractice which ended on Friday in Lagos. The summit, organised by…
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Buhari orders ministry to convene summit on education
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education to convene a ministerial summit on education within the next few weeks. The President gave the directive on Saturday in Ilorin, in his address at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Ilorin. The president was represented by Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed, the Executive Secretary of the…
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Monkey pox rumour in S/East: Ministry begs parents to send thier children back to school
Enugu State Ministry of Education has appealed to parents to send their wards back to school, assuring them that no unapproved activities were carried out in any school. The state commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze, gave the assurance in a signed statement issued in Enugu on Friday. Virtually all schools in South East abruptly…