Augustine Okezie, Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has adopted pedagogical training as an alternative to postgraduate diploma in education (PGDE) for academics with PhDs. Director of Research, Innovation and Information Technology in NUC, Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, who made the above disclosure in Abuja at the end of a weeklong training for lecturers on pedagogical skills, […]
Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, has called on federal and state governments to invest more in human capital development, adding that high-level human resources, in the right number, would keep the economy afloat in a season of revenue scarcity. Okebukola made the call in a lecture titled: “Taking Advantage of […]
The Niger state Government has budgeted over N594.6m for the recruitment of staff to the new University of Education and the College of Education both in Minna the state capital. The amount will cover the salaries of 302 teaching and non -teaching staff for the University of Education as well as 6 management staff as […]
I am an undergraduate of a Nigerian university (names withheld) and my university is not one of those that collaborate on biomedical research. Can TIMESEARCH shed more light on the issue? What does the initiators of this research, actually, want and what do they intend to gain from it? Opeyemi Olaoluwa, P.O. Box 4419, Modakeke, […]
The National University Commission (NUC) recently wielded its big stick on an illegally- operated university in Oyo State. The university, named Borough College, London, was situated in Ighoho, Oke Ogun area of Oyo State. The clampdown was due to information given to the commission about the operations of the illegal institution of learning. Leading the […]
Students of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, have been charged to involve actively in entrepreneurial skills. This call was made last week at the exhibition and public lecture series held at the Rev. Chris Oyakhilome Auditorium in the university. Speaking at the event, Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. C.A Agbebaku, noted that […]