Nigeria

Stakeholders recommend curriculum review for colleges of education

Mar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023 awouniversity

By Iyabo Lawal Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Prof Paulinus Chijoke Okwelle, has expressed concern over the dwindling enrolment figures of candidates into Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes in the country. He, subsequently, asked the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to lower the entry requirements, including accepting a Pass in Mathematics and English Language as pre-requisite for admissions to attract more candidates to enroll for NCE programmes. While he decried the dwindling enrolment into NCE programmes,…

Nigeria’s president-elect, Tinubu, promises to salvage education sector

Mar 1, 2023Mar 2, 2023 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola Winner of the February 25 Presidential election, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has assured the Nigerian students of restoring normalcy to the education sector. Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6,984,520 votes while the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi trailed behind scoring 6,101,533 and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 1,496,687. Delivering his…

KWASU’s Ademiluyi sworn in as ABEN National President

Feb 27, 2023Feb 27, 2023 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola An Associate Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship Education in Kwara State University, Malete, Dr. Lawrence Femi Ademiluyi, has been sworn-in as the National President of the Association of Business Educators of Nigeria (ABEN). Dr. Ademiluyi, who was elected at the 34th Annual National Conference of the Association in Port Harcourt, Rivers State was sworn-in during the National Executive Council Meeting of the Association which held at the Cijeh Hotel in Abuja on Saturday February 4, 2023. Founded in 1984, ABEN is the…

Kwara releases N120m bailout funds to tertiary institutions

Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023 awouniversity

The Kwara State Government has approved the release of N120 million as bail- out funds to four Tertiary Institutions in the state. A statement from the Press Secretary, Ministry of Tertiary Education, Mrs Mansurat Amuda-Kannike, said that the institutions are Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Oro and Lafiagi as well as the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin. Amuda-kannike said that the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education Dr Alabi Afees-Abolore, disclosed that the approval was an intervention to aid the smooth running…

Stakeholders ponder challenges, reveal plan for education sector as Nigerians go to the polls

Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023 awouniversity

• Academic union condemns school closure for election, says students’ disenfranchisement undemocratic •ASUP decries neglect of agreement by Buhari administration By Opeyemi Babalola Barring any last minute changes, on Saturday, February 25, 2023, a new Sherrif would be in town. However, stakeholders, particularly those in the education sector, are expressing their earnest concern and views in regard what is likely to become of the sector in the hands of whoever emerges as the country’s next president. It is glaring that the sector in the last few years, appeared to have…

Akwa Ibom hospital performs first full cardiac pacemaker implant

Feb 18, 2023Feb 18, 2023 awouniversity

*US-based Cardiologist, Abraham Ariyo lauds achievement By Opeyemi Babalola A team of medical doctors in the field of cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery from the Awa General Hospital in Onna Council, Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, performed the first full implantation of a transvenous cardiac pacemaker on two patients. The surgery, which was first of its kind was aided using the state-of-the-art medical facilities installed at the hospital by the state government. It was carried out by the combined efforts of specialists…

JAMB extends UTME registration by 7 days

Feb 16, 2023Feb 16, 2023 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the registration of applicants for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by one week from February 15. JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the sale of ePINs would end on Monday February 20, 2023, while the UTME registration ends on February 22, 2023. “It should also be noted that the Board, based on its projections,…

FG upgrades Sa’adatu Rimi College to University

Feb 15, 2023Feb 15, 2023 awouniversity

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the upgrade of Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, to a University of Education. Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, who presented a letter of recognition of the institution to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday in Abuja, commended the governor for the initiative of establishing the University, saying the institution would go a long way in meeting the education needs of the state. The newly upgraded University is the 61st state-owned and…

Nigerian engineering icon, Ibilola Amao, emerges Fellow at London University

Feb 14, 2023Feb 14, 2023 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has awarded the Nigerian Engineering icon, Dr. Ibilola Amao, the Fellowship QMUL for her commitment to developing Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) talent from minority backgrounds, including mentoring women in the energy, power, infrastructure, oil and gas industries. The Fellowship was given to Dr. Amao at a special Queen Mary event, A Night of Science and Engineering, where the filmmaker and presenter, Gordon Buchanan, received an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) for his commitment, conservation, and…

FG orders closure of polytechnics ahead of general elections

Feb 13, 2023Feb 13, 2023 awouniversity

By Opeyemi Babalola Ahead of the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections, the Federal Government through the Ministry of Education, has ordered the closure of all polytechnics in the country. The directive was issued by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in a letter signed by an official of the ministry, I.O Folorunsho. According to the letter, which was addressed to the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Idris Bugaje and conveyed to rectors and provosts of all…