Friday, October 4

Education

Covenant varsity, firm partner on AI, language translation device

Covenant University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OBTranslate to undertake research and development activities in a broad range of areas. The MoU between the two parties covers machine translation, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and linguistics for OBTranslate…

Ikpeazu orders immediate reversal of hiked ABSU fees

The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has ordered an immediate reversal of the tuition fee for Abia State University, Uturu, which was hiked by over 350 per cent. He gave the order to the management of Abia State University…

KWASU, JAMB resolve outstanding admissions

Kwara State Government has assisted the Kwara State University in the regularisation of 3,733 cases of outstanding admission with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The government also resolved the mobilisation of the graduating students of Medical Laboratory Science of…

79 bag first class as Ekiti varsity graduates 5,963

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti will officially churn out 5, 963 fresh graduates during its 27th convocation ceremonies slated to hold on Wednesday and Thursday, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, has said. Olanipekun said the institution would be awarding 74…

BOUESTI presents 33 programmes for NUC accreditation

The new Governing Council of the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, has presented about 33 courses to the National Universities Commission for approval. Welcoming the NUC resource verification team at the university, the Chairman, BOUESTI…

JAMB partners British Council on A-level programme

The British Council has partnered the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to prevent illegal direct entry registrations. The board said in its monthly bulletin on Monday that it would hold a meeting to discuss how the Cambridge A/Levels could also…

Lagos unveils EKOEXCEL situation room

The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, on Thursday, commissioned the Excellence in Childs Education and Learning situation room. The situation room is EKOEXCEL’s data-driven education control centre located at the heart of SUBEB to provide real-time monitoring and feedback…

17 UK-based schools to visit Nigeria

A delegation of 17 heads of high schools in the United Kingdom will be visiting Nigeria next month to meet with Nigerian families who wish to see their wards receive education in London. The event tagged ‘UK Boarding Schools Week…

NGO to enrol one million out-of-school children

An Abuja-based non-governmental organisation, the Young Ambassador Against Drug Abuse Initiative, is to enroll one million out-of-school children. The Chief Executive Officer of the YAADA, Saifullahi Usman, represented by Esther Nwankwo, made this known at an event to mark the…

Six varsities to get N18bn special funds – TETFund

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sunday Echono, has revealed plans to disburse N18bn to six public universities under its Special High Impact Intervention. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, Echono disclosed that N3bn would be…

Illegal fees: Oyo SUBEB pardons erring headteachers

The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board has pardoned some categories of workers who were found culpable of collecting illegal fees from pupils. The  Executive Chairman, Oyo SUBEB, Nureni Adeniran, who stated this in Ibadan on Thursday, said the pardon…

FG, security agencies careless over Benue massacres

EMBOLDENED by Nigeria’s unrealistic single police structure and the suspicious ambivalence of the security agencies under the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Fulani herders are carving a bloody path through Benue State communities, leaving a trail of broken limbs, blood,…

Zulum extends teachers’ retirement age by five years

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has extended the retirement age of teachers in the state by five years. This is contained in a circular from the Borno State Teaching Service Board signed by the Permanent Secretary, Malam Yusuf Garga.…

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