By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, has commended Bayero University, Kano, (BUK) for being a positive, progressive and a rapid science development in the education sector. Tahir gave the commendation while inaugurating the center for teaching, learning, reading and research development, among...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disclosed that it would establish over twenty-four skills and innovation centers across the country to assist Nigerians gain their potentials and boost productivity. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this in...
By JOHN ONAH Abuja – The Federal Government has launched a new teacher development programme, Teacher Internship Scheme (TIS), designed to support States in the emergence of a new generation of teachers with skills and knowledge needed to excel in the digital age and help in the implementation...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Education Minister, Prof Tahir Mamman has directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) to expedite action towards the completion of the Nuclear Energy Curriculum to enable some Nigerian Universities and the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission as well as Polytechnics to commence the training of Nuclear...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman said the ministry will work within the ambit of the law to facilitate the full implementation of the presidential directive on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) as it affects tertiary institutions in the country.” Mamman expressed the commitment during...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a quest at boosting Research and Development for economic and technological development in Nigeria, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration has approved the sum of N5,128,180,623.63 for the funding of 185 successful research proposals under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has inaugurated new 70 operational vehicles for the National Examination Council (NECO) for enhanced conduct of the Council’s examinations by ensuring the security and timely delivery of examination materials to numerous examination centres nationwide. Also, commissioned was the multi-million...
The Federal Government has announced the reversal of the implementation of payment of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from Nigerian universities to the government. President Bola Tinubu made the announcement at the 75th Anniversary and 2023 Convocation ceremonies of the University of Ibadan on Tuesday....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has disclosed that the full deployment of blackboard digital learning platform in Nigerian tertiary institutions would go a long way to fast-track educational development of the country. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known on Thursday while...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has disclosed plans to allocate 25 percent of the national budget to the education sector. Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a 2 day National Conference on Equal Opportunity on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission has revealed that Nigeria needs an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to be able to absorb the growing number of out-of-school children in the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Hammed Boboyi, gave the statistics while briefing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has identified industry-linked research in the country’s Institutions of higher learning as key to national development. The Minister made the observation today in his office in Abuja while receiving briefings from Chief Executives of Parastatals and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has reiterated it readiness towards fighting the scourge of illiteracy arising in the country. The commitment came as Nigeria joined the rest of the world in commemorating the 2023 International Literacy Day on Friday. The Minister of Education,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has urged universities to make optimal use of the 30 per cent of the curriculum ceded to institutions’ senates. He gave this charge on Wednesday at the Stakeholders’ Colloquium on the Core Curriculum and Minimum...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards CCMAS (CCMAS) will begin by September 2023. The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes while bringing necessary innovation into the content and delivery of their...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu says the Federal Government will immortalise late Emeritus Prof. Nimi Briggs, former Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). Briggs, who passed away in the early hours of April 10 at the age of 79, was the 5th vice chancellor of the...
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has presented a new curriculum for Nigerian universities, saying it will add value to the graduates from the universities. Adamu stated this at the public presentation of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) Book 1 series for Nigerian universities and a book...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that the present education backwardness being witnessed in the northern part of the country was caused by people of the area. The minister stated this at the public presentation of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS)...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Adamu, who alongside Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, monitored the exam at the Computer Based...