EDUCATION

Rivers Govt Committed To Ending Illegal Fees In Public Schools

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The Chairman, Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), Mr. Fyneface Aka, says the state government is determined to end illegal fees and levies in public schools. Aka who made this known on Tuesday said that the state government would sanction any head teacher found guilty of

EDUCATION

KWASU: 1st Nigerian University To Offer Aeronautical Engineering Programme

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, in Moro Local Government Area of the state, has become the first university to run Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering degree programme in the country. This is sequel to the approval by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The NUC approval is contained in a statement by the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. […]

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, especially bolstering girl-child education,  he disclosed. He was speaking when

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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,