Nigeria needs 1,320,135 teachers to meet the demands of basic education by 2015, the Executive Secretary of National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Prof. Mohammed Ibn Junaid, has said. He asserted that the nation needs to produce a ...
The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) said in Lagos on Wednesday that it would take the country 20 years to produce the 1.3 million teachers required to bridge existing teachers shortfall at basic education level. The Executive Secre...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has stated that there are an estimated 40 to 45million illiterate persons in Nigeria. UNESCO Country Representative Dr Joseph Ngu made this revelation at the Roundtable on &l...
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), in collaboration with Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions, has organised a module training and strategy, planning and management (SPM) for rectors and principal staff of polytechnics across...
The Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, on Tuesday wore a mournful look following the murder of Mohammed Sani, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law. Sani, who holds the Otunba chieftaincy title of Isinbode, a community in the ...
Niger State Governor, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to his free education policy, saying that education is the catalyst for the realization of the state’s developmental mission. Aliyu who was repres...
No fewer than 2,000 students may be deported from Briatain after the government stripped a university of its right to admit foreigners. London Metropolitan University has had its Highly Trusted Status (HTS) for sponsoring international students revoked...
The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, has appealed to alumni of the university, particularly serving and former state governor to assist the university towards the celebration of its Golden Jubilee. Mustapha ma...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) are to embark on a monitoring visit to state-owned universities to ensure compliance with admission regulations. Prof. Julius Okojie, the Executive Secret...
The strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Rivers State University of Science and Technology chapter, has paralysed academic activities at the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that lecturers in the ...
The Delta government has told authorities of universities in the state to close down satellite campuses of universities in the state before Aug. 30. The directive was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Asa...
The University of Ilorin has graduated 5, 383 persons in various disciplines in the 2011/2012 academic session, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said in Ilorin on Monday. The number includes 36 persons, who obtained first class deg...
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, on Friday announced the approval of supplementary admissions for five new courses at University of Agriculture, Makurdi. This is contained in a statement issued in Bwa...
Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali has been appointed the vice chancellor-designate of the University of Ilorin. This was contained in a press release issued on Thursday in Ilorin by the Registrar of the university, Mrs Olufolake Oyeyemi. The News Ag...
The Katsina State Government has spent about N15 billion for the improvement of education at five tertiary institutions in the state, according to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Higher Education, Dr. Garba Shehu Matazu. Addressing a press confe...