Nigeria losses $500m annually to European, American universities – VCs

The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian (CVC), said on Saturday that Nigerians spend an average of 500 million dollars annually to European and American universities. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a two-day Consultative ...

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NBTE Accredits New Course For College Of Agricultural Produce Technology

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has accredited an additional course for the Federal College of Agricultural Produce Technology, Kano. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, the Provost of the college, said that NBTE had given the college the approval t...

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Why Kaduna Education Reform Is Focusing On The Primary Level — Commissioner

The  Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Muhammad Usman, in this interview with MIDAT JOSEPH, speaks on the effort the state government is making to revamp education in the state. He also speaks on the  proliferation of illegal sc...

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Budget 2013: Reps Query Education Ministry, Tertiary Institutions Over IGR

The House of Representatives yesterday queried the deployment and secrecy around the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profiles of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the educational sector, including tertiary institutions. Federal lawmakers raise...

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Education Ministry Partners SSS On Free Distribution Of Instructional Materials

The Ministry of Education is partnering with the State Security Services (SSS) to monitor Federal Government’s distribution of free instructional materials for basic education institutions. The Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, ...

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Jonathan, Ezekwesili, Amaechi Seek Legislation For Early Child Education

President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice President of World Bank, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili and Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Chibuike Amaechi, have made a case for legislation on early child education across the country. Jonathan made...

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Stakeholders Want Security Beefed Up In Tertiary Institutions, Hostels

Worried by incessant killings of students in some tertiary institutions in the country, stakeholders on Wednesday called for measures aimed at tightening up security on the campuses and students’ hostels. The stakeholders, including a former Comm...

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