The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and a private firm-Prosec Systems (Nig) Limited- have began exploratory talks with a view to collaborating in the area of the establishment of Hi-Tech Training Centers for the purpose of training unskilled unemployed Nigerian as part of the job creation programme of the Directorate.

To say that Yooyo and Mbayongo council wards in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State are now ghost communities is an understatement. This is no thanks to the activities of a notorious armed group led by one Terwase Akwaza also known as ‘Ghana’ which recently unleashed terror on the communities.

Operatives of the nation’s education system at the federal and state levels as well as stakeholders from all parts of the country gave approval to a number of initiatives that are critical to effective education delivery during the 56th National Council on Education (NCE) summit which held in Abuja last week.

THE chairman of the Governing Council, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Prof. Peter Okebukola, has called for accountability and transparency in the management of Nigerian Universities to enable them get world ranking.

Many dignitaries who came from different parts of the country for the 56th NCE meeting had thought that the Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Ominyi Egwu would not arrive on time to flag off the ministerial session of the meeting which kicked off on Thursday last week given his tight schedule and the state of the nation with respect to Yar’Adua’s ill health.

Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili has counseled Nigerians to concentrate more on the good aspect of our people in order to correct the wrong impression we have over the image of this country adding that Nigerian people are not as bad as it is being portrayed nationally and internationally.

Ten resource centres for the use of public schools in Akwa Ibom State have been put in place by MultiChoice, bringing the total number of beneficiary schools in 19 States of the federation to 161.

Four staff members of Adeniran Ogunsanya Colege of Education (AOCOED), Otto/Ijanikin, Lagos, have been honoured for the contributions to their growth and development of the institution. It was the first ever productivity Award of the College since establishment, instituted by the Governing council, designed to reward some of the outstanding workers for their dedication, commitment, hardwork, diligence and industry.

The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC,Prof Julius Okojie said that it would not accredit any universities operating on temporary site in the country.

For prospective proprietors seeking to establish private schools in Lagos State, the processes involved in obtaining approval are not as cumbersome as before.