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 […]
ABU shaped who I am today – Kyari Abba Bukar
Mr. Kyari Abba Bukar is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, a subsidiary of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Experts make case for teachers’ training, quality education
The Vice Chancellor,Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Tiina Raatikainen who is a Lead Expert with EduCluster Finland and a host of experts in the education sector over the weekend spoke with one voice, calling for training and retraining of teachers to enhance productivity. Ibidapo-Obe has said that to get the best from education sector, “we must train new teachers continuously as well as retrain older teachers.”
State budget cannot address the problem of education in Kaduna – SUBEB Chairman
The Executive Chairman, Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Mr. Ishaya Dary Akau, in this interview with Favour Nnabugwu in Kaduna touches on a number of issues bordering on the problem of education in that state and ability and inability of the state to access the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC’s intervention funds
JAMB picks YABATECH as 2013 UTME CBT centre
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has picked Yaba College of Technology as one of its Computer Based Test (CBT) centres for its take off of the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) having met all the criteria of qualifying as CBT centers.
Nigerian varsities yet to review syllabuses after 15 years – FRC
The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Mr. Jim Obazee, has revealed that most Nigerian universities are yet to review their school syllabuses for upward of 15 years.
