Education

FG Sets Target For Private COEs

Published

14 years ago

April 30, 2012

The Federal Government is committed to ensuring quality and standards in privately-owned colleges of education, Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Prof. Mohammed Junaid, said in Abuja at the commencement of accreditation visits to private colleges of education in the country.

He said the exercise was aimed at ensuring that private colleges of education complied with the Federal Government’s guidelines and the NCCE regulations or face sanctions.

He said that it was the first time the Commission would be verifying private colleges to assess the quality of schools that produced teachers for the country.

“We will assess the level of infrastructure in the colleges, the student/teacher ratio, the quality of teaching staff and facilities,’’ he said.

The executive secretary said that the number of colleges of education was on the increase while the Commission approved only 36.

“The number of private colleges of education is soaring. “Whereas in 1971 we had only two private colleges of education, this figure rose to 21 between 1977 and 2008.

“Thirteen more were established in the 2009 and 2010 period, giving a total number of 36 privately owned colleges of education that has been sanctioned by the National Commission for Colleges of Education.

“You know that quality is the other side of the quantity coin. “While numbers are soaring and multiplying, then the other issue of quality becomes very critical. “So one of the major objectives of our coming out is to ensure that the standards that we have set for the Nigerian certificate in education are being maintained.’’

Junaid said that teachers were very critical in the education system because they lay the foundation for development and were usually assigned to students whether they liked it or not.

He said that students could not choose who their teachers should be, unlike doctors or lawyers, who could be changed due to dissatisfaction in their services.

“We don’t want to wait for the products of our colleges to be out before the users tell us that they are not good quality, we have to solve all the issues now.”

“We carried out verification exercise to states and federal colleges of education in 2007 and 2008, and today we are flagging off the verification exercise to privately owned colleges of education across the country.

“There would be many other teams visiting privately-owned colleges of education throughout the country doing system assessment, comparing what we have on the ground with the norms and standards that we have set at the Commission for the running of colleges of education.

“One of the things we’ll be looking for is compliance with the Federal Government regulations and the National Commission for Colleges of Education policy guidelines for running of colleges of education; we would verify that these are being complied with.”

Junaid said that henceforth accreditation and verification by the Commission would continue in all federal, state and private colleges of education.

Education

Elga boss tasks law students on academics strides

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2 days ago

February 23, 2026

The Tide

The Chairman of Etche Local Government Area ,Hon Chima Boniface Njoku has called on students from Etche LGA to remain diligent in their academic pursuits and contribute meaningfully to the growth and development of the area upon completion of their studies.

Njoku emphasized that governance is a collective responsibility and encouraged the students to part of societal transformational agents to promote the development of the area for betterment of all.

He made the call when he received the audience

Law School Students Forum of the LGA extraction who paid him a courtesy visit in his office ilat Okehi, the headquarters of the Council over the weekend.

The Council boss thanked the students for the visit and their kind words, stating that his administration remains focused on delivering the dividends of democracy to every part of Etche.

Hon. Njoku thanked the students for the visit and their kind words, stating that his administration remains focused on delivering the dividends of democracy to every part of Etche.

In his address of welcome,the leader of the delegation , Mr. Goodday Chidi Nwaonuala, said the visit was to congratulate the chairman on what they described as remarkable developmental strides recorded across Etche within a short period of his administration.

Nwaonuala commended the chairman for the ongoing road projects in various communities, the renovation and construction works within the Council Secretariat, as well as improvements in electricity supply and other infrastructural interventions across the local government area.

He noted that the visible transformation in road infrastructure has enhanced accessibility, boosted economic activities, and improved the overall living conditions of residents as well as the facelift given to the Council Secretariat, describing it as a step toward creating a more conducive working environment for staff and better service delivery to the people.

According to him, the students, as future legal practitioners from Etche, are proud of the progress being made and felt it necessary to personally appreciate the chairman for his commitment to grassroots development.

By: Akujobi Amadi

Education

Association harps on importance of mother tongue in society

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3 days ago

February 23, 2026

The Tide

The President of Rivers State Indigenous Language Teachers Association and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ,Rivers Language Centre, Port Harcourt.Dr Ovuchi J. Agwnu has described

Language as life that promote culture and identity of the people.

Ovuchi made in a press statement to commemorate the mother tongue day in port Harcourt over the weekend.

The statement call on parents to think about the future in a world where their kids would not sustain the language as handed over to them from antiquity.

” The Government should shift focus on the Youths as the hope of the Linguistic future. Every school should have an employed indigenous language teacher who will handle the mother tongue inculcation of the language of the immediate environment of each school.”

“Irrespective of the recent views on language teachings, we remain committed to sustaining our diversity as a people via language promotion.”

By: Akujobi Amadi

Education

UNIPORT Hails Odusote’s Historic Appointment as First Female Director-General of Nigerian Law School

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3 days ago

February 23, 2026

The Tide

The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has expressed profound pride over the appointment of Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, describing the milestone as historic and richly deserved.

In a congratulatory message issued on behalf of the University’s management, staff, students, and stakeholders, the Vice-Chancellor, Owunari Abraham Georgewill, hailed the appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a landmark achievement for legal education and women’s leadership in Nigeria.

The University noted that Dr. Odusote’s emergence as the first female Director-General of the Nigerian Law School in over six decades reflects the confidence reposed in her exceptional leadership capacity, professional depth, and administrative acumen.

UNIPORT further commended her outstanding tenure as Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus of the Nigerian Law School, where she was credited with visionary leadership, institutional strengthening, and strategic advancement of legal training.

According to the University, her proven record of excellence, integrity, and commitment to institutional development unmistakably positioned her for the nation’s highest legal education office.

Describing the appointment as a source of pride and inspiration, UNIPORT expressed confidence that Dr. Odusote’s leadership would usher in a new era of growth, innovation, and consolidation in legal education in Nigeria.

The University concluded by wishing her a successful tenure and assuring her of its goodwill, solidarity, and unwavering support as she assumes leadership of Nigeria’s foremost legal training institution.

By: Akujobi Amadi