Education

The board said it picked next year for registration of UTME candidates because it wanted the reduction in the cost of selling its forms approved by the Federal Government to take effect.

By Charity Simon, Abuja Non-academic staff unions of Nigerian universities comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), have put the Federal Government on notice about plans to resume their nationwide strike after a three …

The Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, says an estimated 250,000 teachers are required yearly to address the shortage in teaching and learning.

By Charity Simon, Abuja Recently, stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector brainstormed on the need to boost enrolment of the girl-child by employing more female teachers.

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has called for a robust Intellectual Property (IP) policy in Nigerian knowledge institutions.

By Francis Ogar, Calabar The Deputy Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ivara Esu has charged students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria to uphold the tenets of hard work and shun social vices like cultism that were inimical to their academic pursuits.

The federal government yesterday began the screening exercise for about 750 food vendors to be engaged in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The exercise which took place at the Local Education Authority, LEA Secretariat, Wuse 2 Abuja, in the Federal Capital …

The federal government has promised to undertake the services of some insurance companies and brokers for a comprehensive insurance policy to the 104 unity colleges in the country in a bid to increase school enrollment.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reduced the cost of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board forms from 5,000 to N3,000

From Chris Gaga, Makurdi Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi(FUAM), Prof Richard Kimbir, has expressed a strong desire to reposition  the institution  on the path of greatness for national and global competitiveness. Kimbir gave the emphasis recently at a press briefing to mark his one year as the VC …