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 […]
17, 000 teachers write qualifying examination nationwide
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sony Echono, has harped on the need for quality delivery in the education sector. Echono gave the charge at the 2021 Batch A Professional Qualifying Examination for teachers, organised by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Lagos establishes education radio to boost quality
The Lagos State Government has announced plans to establish an Education Radio Station for mainly educational content aimed at improving qualitative education in the state.
Vice- chancellor’s appointment: Sanwo-Olu dissolves LASU governing council
Commissioner for the Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, announced the governor’s directive in a statement released on Friday, May 21, 2021
Senate passes bill to upgrade Yabatech to Federal University
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to upgrade the Yaba College of Technology to a Federal University of Technology.
University of Nigeria: Visitation Panel extends deadline for submission of memoranda
The seven-man Presidential Visitation Panel to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has extended the deadline for the submission of memoranda to Friday, 21st May 2021.
Review NIN policy for UTME now, Senate tells JAMB, NIMC
…Candidates, parents laud Senate’s intervention …JAMB’s inclusion of NIN for UTME registration inconsiderate — Ifeanyi Ubah …Don’t make NIN an exams condition — Ekwunife …NIN added to registration woes — Students By Henry Umoru & Adesina Wahab The Senate yesterday asked the Federal Ministry of Education, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the […]
UNITY SCHOOLS: NECO reschedules Common Entrance Examination
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The National Examinations Council, NECO, has rescheduled the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, into federal unity colleges to Saturday, June 5, 2021. The examination body, in a statement Wednesday, by Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division, said the action was ” approved by the Federal Ministry of Education.” […]
40 yrs after establishment, Eha-Amufu College of Education celebrates 1st financial institution on campus
By Ikechukwu Odu It was celebration galore at the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, FCEE, in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday, following the unveiling of a financial institution, African Vogue Nig Ltd, to ease financial transactions in the institution. The Management of the College, and the students alike who expressed their […]
UNILAG attracts N12 billion research grants
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) attracted N12 billion research grants in the past three and half years, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said. Ogundipe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos on the sidelines of a public presentation of a book. The book entitled […]
UI Senate recommends reappointment of acting VC for another six months
The Senate of the University of Ibadan (UI) has recommended to the Governing Council the reappointment of Prof. Adebola Ekanola as acting Vice-Chancellor (VC) for another term of six months. Ekanola, a Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics, was appointed Acting Vice Chancellor on December 1, 2020, following an impasse in the appointment of a substantive Vice […]
