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FG approves take-off grant for new universities

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has approved the disbursement of N18 billion as take-off grant for four new universities. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sunday Echono, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja yesterday. According to Echono, the take-off grant came after the promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari to establish Universities of Technology and Health Sciences in Nigeria during his campaign in 2015. Echono added that the Federal Government had approved the plans of establishing two new Universities of Health, Nutrition and Medical Sciences to be located in Bauchi…

20 private universities get provisional licenses

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government yesterday presented provisional licenses to the 20 new private universities earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, (FEC). This brings the total number of private universities to 99. The Federal Executive Council had in February approved the establishment of 20 new private universities. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the approval for the establishment of the universities is a testament to the continued partnership of the Federal Government with the private sector towards widening access and quality of university education in Nigeria. The approved universities are,…

�Schools may not resume Jan. 18� – Minister

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Aminu Imam

FG set to review date The Federal Government is set to review the January 18 resumption date for schools in the country following rising COVID-19 cases. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force, (PTF), on Covid-19 briefing. Adamu said the government was reviewing the resumption date for schools in the country. �On the January 18 resumption date, we are reviewing it. We are going to review it. At the PTF meeting today, we considered it, and tomorrow, the ministry is going to…

‘Many Nigerian graduates can�t read or write’ -Education Minister

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 Aminu Imam

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has expressed concern about the decline in the standard of education in the country.Adamu, who spoke in Yola, Adamawa State, during the official commissioning of completed projects in the college, he said a number of graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable manner. The minister further stated that students and even graduates had been found to be unable to write one full sentence without multiple corrections needing to be made.The minister, who was represented by the Director of Tertiary Education in the Federal…

Polytechnics are neglected – ASUP

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Polytechnic lecturers have claimed that the institutions had suffered continued neglect and urged the Federal Government to change the tide so as to improve the quality of technical manpower in the country. Mr Anderson Ezeibe, National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), while briefing journalists at ASUP�s 98th NEC meeting in Jos, regretted the �utter neglect� of technical and vocational education sub-sector. �The sub-sector is replete with details of neglect in terms of governance processes, funding, policy direction of government and wellbeing of members of staff. �Public Polytechnics and…

FG pegs the entry requirement for teachers at first-class

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government said yesterday that only professionally qualified individuals with first-class degrees would be employed as teachers from next year. The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echonu, who disclosed this during a monitoring exercise of the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) organised by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in Abuja, said the move was aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools. He, however, added that the government would also consider people with 2.1 qualifications for employment into the system. The…

17,602 teachers to sit 2020 qualifying examination; Jigawa, Ekiti excluded – TRCN

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

No fewer than 17,606 teachers across the country are to sit for the 2020 qualifying examinations billed for November 12 -14, the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Teachers� Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Josiah Ajiboye, has said Ajiboye, who announced this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, said that Osun state tops the list with 1,727 candidates, followed by Adamawa, 1,623 candidates, Nasarawa State 934 candidates and the FCT with 850 candidates. He said that Jigawa and Ekiti states were, however, excluded from the computer-based examination…

FG orders reopening of all schools

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal government has directed that all schools should be reopened and must adhere to the guidelines for the reopening of schools. Schools across the country were closed in March as part of steps to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made the announcement that schools should reopen during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. He advised all institutions to obey and adhere to the guidelines for the reopening of schools, earlier announced by the presidential task force, which include the use of face…

FG releases guidelines for resumption of schools

July 14, 2020November 11, 2024 Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government has issued guidelines ahead of the planned resumption of schools in the country. The guidelines are contained in a 52-paged communiqu� signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and Minister of State (Education), Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, which failed to disclose the date of school�s resumption. It was developed in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal Ministry of Health and health safety experts in the country Speaking about the guidelines, Adamu Adamu said �Now is the time to plan and address the eventual safe reopening…

Reps fault Education Minister on cancellation of WASSCE

July 11, 2020November 11, 2024 Ishaku Yohanna

The House of Representatives has disagreed with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over the reversal of the Federal Government decision for schools to reopen to enable final students write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo), made the committee�s position known in a statement in Abuja. Ihonvbere said that committee was amazed at the announcement by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, where he stated that Nigerian students would not be participating in the 2020…