NECO lauds Promasidor’s upgrades of Cowbellpedia registration portal

#EDUCATION By: Dayo Adesulu (VANGUARD) #Copied NATIONAL Examination Council, NECO, has urged corporate organisations to emulate Promasidor’s initiative of organising mathematical competitions, adding that the initiative has elevated the quality of mathematics education in Nigeria. Dr. Ikechukwu Anyanwu, Director, Quality Assurance, National...

Immediate past VC of AAU Cordelia Agbebaku dies

Edo state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU). Ekpoma, had been thrown to mourning, following the death of its immediate past vice chancellor, Dr (Mrs) Cordelia Agbebaku 5 days ago (17/02/2017). It was gathered that she died at about 5 pm on...

Only 36 per cent of funds approved for Nigeria’s unity schools in 2016 were released – Minister

#EDUCATION BY: Ebuka Onyeji and Agency Report (PREMIUM♦TIMES) #COPIED Only 36 per cent of funds budgeted for Nigeria’s unity schools in 2016 was released, an official implied on Monday. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said out of the N13.7 billion appropriated to...

Nigeria can learn from world’s top 5 educational systems

#EDUCATION BY: KAY UGWUEDE (¬BUSINESS♠DAY¬)  #COPIED Nigeria’s educational system has come under severe scrutiny in recent times generating a fury of critiques and condemnations; veteran educationists have proffered constructive solutions in some instances. Nigeria can learn from South Korea, which tops the list...

Education, the North and Nigerian unity

#EDUCATION By Gambo Dori (DAILY♥TRUST)#COPIED I discovered the reprint of the book ‘The North and Nigerian Unity’ by chance. I had visited the author, Dr Haroun Al-Rashid Adamu some days ago in his Abuja office to interview him for an...

UNESCO education data puts Mauritius ahead of Nigeria

#EDUCATION BY:  ONLINEEDITOR (BUSINESS♠DAY)#Copied The World Health Organization (WHO), in conjunction with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) on Tuesday kicked off the training of delegates from the ECOWAS region on effective utilization of lean...

Nigerian Govt approves $678 million for tertiary institutions

#EDUCATION #Copied (Ecofin Agency) - The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced that the Federal Government approved the 2016 intervention fund for tertiary institutions in Nigeria with the release and utilization to be implemented this year. This was disclosed...

Nigeria – RRRP 2017: Regional Education Overview, January – December 2017

#EDUCATION OVERVIEW #Copied In 2016, the education sector made substantive progress, including with the rehabilitation and construction of schools, school canteens and examination centres. School supplies and equipment were also distributed and capacity building was carried out for teachers. In...

FG Urges State To Create Budget Line For LMCU

Federal Government has urged State Governments across the country to approve budget line of Logistic Management Coordinating Unit (LMCU) to carry out efficient coordination of supply chain of drugs and other health commodities from procurement warehousing, transportation to the end-...