Education
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund has approved the sun of N130,000,000.00 as zonal intervention for each polytechnics in Nigeria, in its 2023 intervention line. The fund says it is to enhance reinvigorating of skills acquisition in polytechnics across the country. This was disclosed by the Director of Infrastructure of the Fund, Malam Buhari Mika’Ilu at the […]
The Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU, says the implementation of the 65 years retirement age for teachers in public schools as well as 40 years of pensionable service has commenced. The Minister confirmed the development in his office, where he noted that the new policy among other things is holistic in nature and meant to […]
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ASUP has accused the Committee of vice-chancellors of Federal Universities of misinforming the public about the state of salaries of chief lecturers in polytechnics. ASUP in a statement signed by its Secretary General of ASUP ABDULLAHI YALWA noted that the claim of the VCs that chief lecturers in polytechnics […]
Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has commended the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on a two-day national protest on the 26th and 27th of July 2022. You would recall that NLC on Sunday while faulting the Federal Government’s handling of the strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities […]
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU will be resolved soon. The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige said this on Wednesday while briefing the press after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja. He said that the Federal […]
The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has received full accreditation for all her academic programmes by the National Board for Technical Education. The Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Usman Ogbo disclosed this Wednesday while officially presenting the accreditation letters to the Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Honorable Wemi Jones, in his office in Lokoja. Dr. […]
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has arrested about 10 supervisors for alleged involvement in examination malpractices in the ongoing Senior Secondary Certificate Examination in the country. The Head of WAEC Nigeria National Office Mr. PATRICK AREGHAN disclosed this during supervision of the examination in four centers in Abuja on Thursday, noting that the arrests […]
The Minister of Education, Malam ADAMU ADAMU says a new curriculum is being developed to focus on skills acquisition and entrepreneurship for the employability of graduates. Malam ADAMU ADAMU stated this at a one-day summit organized by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja. The Minister who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the […]
