The Provost of the Federal College of Education, Yola, Professor Abdul-Mumin Sa’ad has commended the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, over its intervention in the upliftment of the nation’s education sector, even as he stated that the institution is embarking on massive upgrading of its facilities to get approval to run more degree programmes.

The Rector, Delta State Polytechnic, Dr Clara Sogbaike has said that only students properly groomed in Information Technology can survive in a world that has become a “global village. She stated this during the institution’s 13th Matriculation ceremony held recently.

Educating and training the child has been said to be holistic and not secluded to the classroom alone but also in outdoor sports.

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, weekend, threatened to embark on indefinite strike from Wednesday if the Federal Government failed to attend to all pending issues raised in its ultimatum. ASUP had on February 11, issued a two-week strike notice to the Federal Government to implement the agreement it reached with the union over four years ago, or it would compel members to down tools.

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Aso Savings and Loans, Mr. Hassan Usman has said that project managers in Nigeria need strong codes of ethics and professional conduct to effectively carry out their duties. Usman said this at the 10th Annual Project Management Lecture held at the University of Lagos, UNILAG where he served as guest lecturer recently. The lecture, organized by UNILAG’s Department of building was themed: “National Vision on Housing and Infrastructure: The role of Project Management.”