The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has urged polytechnics to drive innovation, good governance and sustainability, to accelerate Nigeria’s national development. Alausa said this in Abuja on Wednesday, at a retreat for governing council chairmen, commissioners of education, rectors, registrars and bursars. The retreat was organised by the Council for Heads of Polytechnics and […]
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthening Early Childhood Care and Development Education (ECCDE), as foundation for quality basic education. Alausa said this at the Annual Integrated ECCDE Consultative Committee Meeting, held on Monday in Abuja. The meeting had in attendance, stakeholders drawn from across the education […]
The Federal Government has firmly debunked misleading narratives circulating in some quarters regarding Nigerian scholarship students in the Kingdom of Morocco, describing such claims as false, unfounded, and deliberately crafted to misinform the public. The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has clarified that no Nigerian student on a valid Federal Government […]
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, charged his successor in the ministry to work toward further reduction of the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Adamu gave the charge during a Valedictory Ministerial Briefing, covering his stewardship in the last four years. He said that Nigeria had the largest number of out-of-school […]
….Writes party stakeholders Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja Former Governor of Kano State and erstwhile Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has indicated interest to run for the presidency in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Shekarau has already written to the leadership and members of the PDP about his interest The Media […]
Alhaji Adamu Adamu, Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Thursday described the rate of illiteracy in the country as alarming. The minister made the remark when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Alhaji Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State in Birnin Kebbi Thursday. According to News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ), the minister and the delegates were […]
• Says cancellation was a mistake, regrettable • Varsities to charge N2,000 per candidate • JAMB slashes varsity cut-off point to 120 • Stakeholders hail reintroduction of exercise The Federal Government on Tuesday made a U-Turn and ordered the reintroduction of the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening exercise that was cancelled in the 2015/2016 […]
Nigeria’s university products will soon have cause to smile, as the Buhari administration is prepared to provide job opportunities for them. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun, said, in his address, at the commencement ceremony of class of 2015, at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, where […]
The government of Korea has expressed her willingness to support Nigeria’s effort in the development of her education sector through exchange programmes. The Korean ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Noh Kyu-duk, made this known when he visited the Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekerau, in Abuja. The ambassador, who noted the challenges facing the sector, […]