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FG reverses 18-year admission age for tertiary institutions

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 6 November 2024 0

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa has reversed the decision of the past minister of education on the 18-years admission benchmark into tertiary institutions. Alausa spoke at his inaugural press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, what led to that initial decision was the

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FG mulls financial autonomy for tertiary institutions

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 8 October 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The Federal Government has proposed financial autonomy for tertiary Institutions in the country as a way of promoting growth in the nation’s education sector, in line with present the administration’s renewed, ‘Hope Agenda.’ The President stated this on Saturday in Abuja, during the 27th Convocation ceremony of the University of Abuja.

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FG approves N320bn, N15.3bn for tertiary schools, census ICT gadgets

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2023 0

Secures $800m subsidy palliative from World Bank By DOOSUUR IWAMBE & UKPONO UKPONG The Federal government has approved the sum of N320bn as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. The approval is part of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government’s interventions to boost the education sector. The Executive

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TETFund sensitizes 187 higher institutions over access to funds

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has disclosed that it has sensitized about 187 federal and state tertiary educational institutions in the six geo-political zones of the country between 13th June 13 and October 27, 2017 over how to access its intervention funds. TETFUND’s Director, Corporate Affairs and Public Relations, Mr Ebikwo Benn, told journalists […]

Education Nigeria

LASU emerges best school delegation at 9th, 10th NITIMUN conference

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Lagos State University has emerged the Best School delegation at the just concluded 9th & 10th Nigerian International Tertiary Institutions Model United Nations (NITIMUN) Conference held in Abuja. The five-day International Conference with the theme, “Tackling Unemployment and Youth Involvement in Cyber Crime,” was held from Saturday, December 2 to Wednesday, December

Education News

FG to tackle accommodation, course accreditation in tertiary institutions

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has declared that the issues of students’ accommodation and accreditation of courses will be looked into quickly to ensure that tertiary institutions are repositioned on the right pedestal. Adamu who made the above disclosure in Abuja yesterday while receiving the report of the seven-man Audit Panel inaugurated on […]

Features

Tertiary Institutions: Deans, Students’ Affairs officers gather to proffer solution to restiveness

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

Restiveness across Nigerian university campuses appears to be a phenomenon as old as tertiary education in the country. Each university has had to contend with this menace which appears to have defied solution. This informed the gathering of Deans and Officers of Students’ Affairs in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria, (ADOSATIN) in Sango-Otta, Ogun State recently […]