UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching
By Chinedu Adonu The Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has begun equipping its academics and students with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to improve research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic administration. The initiative was the major outcome of a two-day Train-the-Trainers Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Academia Productivity,” organised by […]
Lagos earmarks N1bn for bursary, scholarships
By Adesina Wahab & Olasunkanmi Akoni Over N1billion set aside by the administration of Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu for bursary and scholarship awards in the 2021 fiscal year for Lagos indigenes in tertiary institutions across the country, has been left untapped fully, it has been revealed. The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, Mr Omotayo Fakolujo, […]
Technical colleges needed to bridge gap in Nigeria’s education system — Omokungbe
Rector, Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, Engineer Obafemi Omokungbe, in this interview, speaks on technical and vocational education and how to make it attractive to young Nigerians, the advantages therein, and his achievements in office among others. By Adesina Wahab You have been in office since March 2018, what new things have been added? What […]
We have zero tolerance for impersonation, malpractice -JAMB Registrar
Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), on Wednesday, said the series of measures introduced to curb impersonation and examination malpractices had started yielding positive results Oloyede made the assertion in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while delivering the 10th Annual lecture of the Forum of Heads of Federal Government Establishments In […]
UNILAG waterfront needs shoreline protection – VC cries out as fence collapses
The University of Lagos’s waterfront is in need of urgent adequate shoreline protection as its ageing perimeter fence has collapsed, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said on Wednesday, Ogundipe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. “The rains that Lagos and its environs have experienced possibly due […]
Why Nigerian varsities not among world best —NUC
THE Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, had lamented that poor funding was the main reason Nigerian universities were not ranked among the best in the world.
