A non-government organisation that teaches and mentors children and young adults on leadership and life values, Children of Africa Leadership and Values Development Initiative (CALDEV), has said young Nigerians who have displayed excellent feat in their careers will be given ...
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Feed SubscriptionPresidency Targets 10m Pupils For School Feeding Programme
The Presidency has said the soon-to-be resuscitated National Homegrown School Feeding Programme will cater for over 10 million pupils across the country. This was disclosed in a press statement, signed by Oyedokun Oyewumi of the office of the Senior Special ...
Read More »TETFund Tax Collection Hits Record High
Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has disclosed that its 2023 collection of education tax is the highest in a single year since inception. The executive secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sunny Echono, who disclosed this, yesterday, appreciated the Federal Inland Revenue ...
Read More »Hike In Fees And Out-of-school Syndrome
Recently, the principal of Federal Government College, Maiduguri, Umar Habeeb Jibril, revealed that only two out of the 89 students offered admission by the school showed up for registration as others stayed away because of a recent increase in school ...
Read More »Varsity Workers Reject New Condition For Payment Of Withheld Salaries
National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has rejected the idea of Document of Understanding (DoU) as a pre-condition for payment of the withheld salaries of its members. The union appealed to President Bola Tinubu to rescind his decision and approve ...
Read More »IPPIS: FG Delists Unverified Workers From Payroll
The federal government has warned civil servants that any officer whose records could not be verified on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) at the end of the ongoing verification exercise will be delisted from the payroll of ...
Read More »Synergy Between Academia, Industry Will Aid Economic Growth – VC
Acting Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete (KWASU), Prof Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, yesterday said commercialisation of research ideas is capable of promoting economic growth for accelerated national development. Jimoh stated this during the maiden edition of the Quadruple Helix roundtable meeting ...
Read More »Tinubu Approves Phased Take-off Of 6 New Varsities
President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the phased commencement of academic activities at six of the 14 new Universities established during the twilight of President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this to State ...
Read More »Wema Bank Rewards Outstanding Teachers
As part of its commitment to promoting quality education, recognising and rewarding excellence in the education sector, Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has rewarded winners of the ‘Wema Celebrates Teachers’ ...
Read More »Varsity Autonomy: Fear Of High School Fees Grips Parents, Students
… Govt shifting responsibility, commercialising education …Stakeholders Say new fee regime burdensome, no-tuition policy deceptive …ASUU distances self from fee hike The federal government’s move to grant universities financial autonomy is raising fresh ripples in the institutions and fears among ...
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