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TRCN tested 15,750 teachers for professional qualification By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja No fewer than 15750. teachers nationwide sat for the November 2023 professional qualifying examination which began on Thursday and ended on Saturday. The qualification examination is conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN) to test the professional competence of aspiring teachers. […]

Nigerian Army commissions art gallery, e-library, access road,  in Nasarawa By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Saturday, commissioned an art gallery and e-library, 3-kilometre access road and solar street lights, in Nasarawa town, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Lagbaja who was represented by the Commander […]

COEASU calls on FG to review IPPIS,  says it undermines autonomy of higher schools By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has called on Federal Government to revisit its policy on Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in the nation’s tertiary education institutions. COEASU president, Smart Olugbeko, in a […]

Blackboard technology’ll make centres of excellence benchmark for online learning methodologies —Echono By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono,  said Blackboard technology would ensure the establishment of Centres of Excellence in Nigeria that would be a benchmark for online learning methodologies. Echono stated this when he  led […]

  Declining quality of new intakes in universities worries NAL president By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Sola Akinrinade, has lamented the decline in the quality of entrants into the Nigerian university system, says urgent intervention is needed to stem this worrying tide. Prof. Akinrinade made this […]

Climate change threatening Nigeria’s food security, experts warn  By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja As Federal Government’s emergency on food security continues to gain attention, experts in animal science have warned that climate change is posing a great challenge to the country’s agricultural yield. Speaking at the at 12th Animal Science Association of Nigeria, (ASAN) and […]

Remitting 40% IGR to FG coffers is retrogressive  –COEASU By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) said  the directive of the Federal Government that Federal Colleges of Education should remit 40 per cent  of their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) to the Federal Treasury is retrogressive, designed to turn prospective  […]

WAEC to commence computer-based WASSCE for private candidates in 2024 By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja In line with global best practices, the national office of the West African Examinations  Council (WAEC) in Nigeria,  said it had concluded  plans to migrate its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates Examination Diets from Paper […]

  Senate to probe JAMB on alleged admission racketeering   By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Senate has called for the probe of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over allegation of admission racketeering; even as the Board  said it welcomes the decision of the Senate to probe it, saying the exam body will […]

  Confluence varsity gets NUC approval for science, technical education courses By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has formally granted approval for the establishment of eight (8) Science and Technology Education programmes to Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State. The new undergraduate programmes include Biology Education, Chemistry […]