EDUCATION

World Bank Offers $500m Education Loan To Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

Senior Education Specialist World Bank, Dr Olatunde Adekola says the bank has offered to give  Nigeria a $500million loan under its ‘Better Education For All–BEDA’ Project. The project  is  to mop up out- of- school children and would  focus on the northern parts of Nigeria,

EDUCATION

TETFUN 2017 Intervention For Tertiary Institutions Scrapped By Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has scrapped the Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s special intervention funds for 2017 allocated to tertiary institutions across the country. This disclosure was made by Abdullahi Baffa, TETFund Executive Secretary, in a chat with newsmen in Abuja. Baffa recalled that government had approved N213.4 billion for the schools for 2016. He said the […]

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Boko Haram: Three Million Children Need Educational Assistance In Nigeria, Others – Norway

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

Reversing the complex humanitarian crises caused by Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin requires joint efforts, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende, has said. Brende, in his opening remarks on Friday at the international donor conference in Oslo for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, pledged that the humanitarian […]

EDUCATION

NUC Collaborates With NAB Ghana, Sussex University

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2017

The National Universities Commission (NUC) is collaborating with the National Accreditation Board (NAB), Ghana and Sussex University, United Kingdom, to develop a proposal to reposition higher education for sustainable development. This is contained in a current NUC bulletin made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. Prof. Abubarkar Rasheed,

EDUCATION

Ogun State leads Other States in the Nov/Dec 2016 SSCE results

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the November/December 2016 Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) results with Ogun State being in the lead. In the analysis for candidates’ general performance by States, Ogun had the best results as 5,183 students obtained five credits and above in all subjects, representing 91.13 per cent, while Zamfara

EDUCATION

TETFund Shares N213b To Varsities, Polytechnics

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Buhari administration has approved the Tertiary Education Trust Fund 2016 intervention budget of N213.4 billion, the highest ever to be distributed to the tertiary institutions. Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, disclosed this at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday. Giving a breakdown of the budget, Baffa said each of the […]