Stakeholders in the education sector have stated that there is a need to increase youth development through Technical, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training (TVET) in order to address the country’s unemployment… Read more »
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed an executive bill aiming to raise the retirement age of teachers in Nigeria. The law was passed after the Committee of the Whole… Read more »
According to Abdullahi Abdullahi, Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications, the appointment of the new VC followed the Council’s assessment of the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board recommendations during the… Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership has issued a 21-day ultimatum to restart its suspended strike due to the Federal Government’s refusal to follow the deal agreed with the union. Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, President of ASUU, issued the ultimatum on Monday in Abuja while briefing reporters on the conclusion of ASUU’s National Executive Council meeting, which took place between November 13 and 14, 2021. He warned that if the Federal Government fails to implement the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that led to the strike’s suspension, the National Executive Council of ASUU would… Read more »
The Federal Polytechnic Nekede in Owerri, Imo State, has indicated its intention to expel instructors and students who have committed behaviors that have tarnished the institution’s promotion and maintenance of… Read more »
The Federal Government launched the National Policy on Gender in Education on Monday, and its implementation guide was recently authorized by the National Council on Education. Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister… Read more »
The University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, has launched an annual science, technology, engineering, and mathematics competition for students in the state’s secondary schools. According to the institution, the competition will serve to instill a love of science and technology in the state’s youth. The tournament included no fewer than ten secondary schools from across the state, as well as demonstrations of numerous innovations by students from the participating schools. Ondo Boys High School, Hallmark Secondary School, CAC Secondary School, Pop Class College, and La Salle High School were among the schools that competed in the competition, which was hosted on the varsity’s campus. Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, stated that the competition was organized to serve as a platform to motivate young secondary school students to choose their interests and promote their growth in STEM disciplines. According to him, the future solution to real-life problems and challenges relied on STEM, thus the necessity to introduce it to the younger generation. He went on to say that the tournament had begun and that it will now be an annual event. “We organized this competition to give STEM the attention it deserves because we know that future solutions to many real-life problems and difficulties rely on it.” “We hope that this will also encourage our young people to apply themselves to the STEM field because not only is this a way to find solutions to problems and challenges, but we also hope that this will serve as a springboard to compete at various levels-state, federal, and possibly international,” Fatusi said In a related move, the US Consulate General has announced a new project targeted at encouraging 300 high school girls in Osun State to pursue STEM education and jobs. According to a statement issued on Thursday, 300 schoolgirls will receive training in coding, web design, and product creation, as well as all important skills required in today’s increasingly competitive job market, as part of the project dubbed “Osun Girls Can Code.” The six-month course, according to US Consul General Claire Pierangelo, will build a supportive community in which the young females may get mentorship, network, and exchange internship possibilities in STEM professions. “In our foreign policy, the United States advocates the rights and empowerment of women and girls, and we have invested millions of dollars to achieve gender equality across Sub-Saharan Africa,” Pierangelo added. Source: Punch Nigeria
Prof. Lilian Salami, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, has announced that the school’s senate has granted amnesty to 500 students who have overstayed their visas in order for them to graduate. She also stated that in the 2018/2019 academic session, 125 students received First Class degrees and 2,794 received Second Class Upper degrees, while 157 received First Class and 2,631 received Second Class Upper in the 2019/2020 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor made the remarks during a press conference in Benin on Monday, as part of activities commemorating the university’s 46th and 47th convocations. According to the vice-chancellor, the event will also be used to commemorate the university’s centennial. “The Senate looked into the instances of more than 500 students who had overstayed at the institution and awarded ‘amnesty’ to graduate from the system,” she said. “According to the information available, our teaching staff numbered 1,779, while non-teaching workers were around 6,063. With the employment embargo still in effect, we began the process of identifying qualified members of staff from among non-teaching workers, who were then redeployed to the teaching cadre. The VC also stated that the university would bestow Honorary Doctorate Degrees on Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Dr. Natalia Kanem, Mr. Oluwakemi Pinheiro, SAN, and Dr. Thomas Illube, while the former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Osayuki Oshodin, would be named Professor Emeritus. Source: Punch Nigeria
The commission also approved 16 new undergraduate programs for the public university, which will begin in the 2021/2022 academic year. This is stated in a statement signed by the school’s information officer, Zayyanu Shehu, on behalf of the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sani Muhammed Dangoggo. He also revealed that the NUC, in a letter dated November 8, 2021, signed by its Director of Academic Planning, Dr. N. B. Saliu on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, had considered and approved the establishment of postgraduate programmes for the University, effective with the 2021/2022 academic session. They include M.Sc. Sociology; PhD Sociology; PGD Development Studies; Master of Development Studies; Master in International Relations and Strategic Studies; M.Sc. Political Science; PhD Political Science; Postgraduate… Read more »
Mubi Concerned Citizens has petitioned the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to ignore a petition over the recent appointment of Dr. Abdurrahman Isiaka as rector of Federal Polytechnic Mubi in Adamawa State. The group described the claims presented in the petition as untrue and malicious in a counter-petition filed by the chairman, Kabiru Inuwa Kolere, and secretary, Bitrus Gavo. The Adamawa Concerned Citizens Forum dismissed the petition by Adamawa Concerned Citizens Forum as a sponsored ploy to introduce primordial sentiments into the subject, and urged the education minister to disregard it and allow due process to prevail. The letter, which our reporter saw, described the election as credible and free of favoritism or bias, and stated that the governing council had invited resource individuals from as far away as Kwara and Lagos to ensure transparency while giving all contestants an equal opportunity to participate. “The Federal Polytechnic Mubi is a federal institution in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria.” The petitioners are attempting to localize a national issue. The Polytechnic Act 2019 as Amended enshrines all of the processes required for appointments.” “In terms of nepotism through resource individuals, the interview for rector and bursar is a national matter, therefore resource persons can come from anywhere,” the letter said. According to the group, the interview panel was made up of people from several ethnic and regional groupings, including Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Nupe, and Ijaw, as well as representatives from relevant agencies. As a result, the committee raised concern over “the unfortunate use of local political jobbers from the host community to interfere in the administrative and academic concerns of a federal institution,” saying that such a tendency, if uncontrolled, may ruin the country’s higher institutions. Source: Daily Trust.