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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
The University of Port Harcourt (Uniport) has stated its reason for postponing the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening exercise earlier slated for the 4th of August, 2010.
The Postponement, according to Mr. Williams Wodi, the Deputy registrar, Information of the University, was as a result of incomplete print out of names of candidates made [...]
The Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence Nemi, has restated that the state government’s policy on human capital development and capacity building is irrevocable.
She made the statement in a goodwill message sent to a one-day workshop on the orientation and sensitisation of the New Senior Secondary School Curriculum for teachers organised by the Nigerian [...]
The management of NIIT,, a subsidiary of Del and Bell Nigeria Limited, says the company has provided educational training and entrepreneurial market realities to Nigerians both in the public and private sectors.
The Director, Operation, of the company, Mr. Tari Etete, said this during an excursion to the company by students of Akanu Ibiam Federal [...]
Malam Bello Dogondaji, President, African Network for Bamboo and Raltam (ANBAR), has stressed the need for consistency in policy formulation and implementation in the education sector.
Dogondaji, who is the Chairman of the Parent Teachers Association of Model Islamic Schools, Kubwa, was commenting on the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) decision to restore the junior secondary component [...]
The Massachussetts Institute of Technology International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) in collaboration with its corporate partners, Total and Google has announced a new “Empowering the Teachers” project.
The project is geared towards enabling outstanding young Nigerian faculties in Science and Engineering to collaborate with the faculty at Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in developing new [...]
The Rivers State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) says the 2007 leave allowance for teachers of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) will be paid soon.
Chairman, NUT, Rivers State Wing Chief Moses Adiela who stated this in a chat win The Tide yesterday said in addition to the 2007 leave allowance, the payment [...]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled that former Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Prof. Bridget Omotunde Sokan and three directors facing trial on fraudulent inducement, criminal conspiracy and subversion of due processes in the award of contract among others, have a case to answer and should be ready to face [...]
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, has urged Colleges of Education in the country to boost their internally generated revenue in readiness for assuming their new status as degree awarding institutions.
She made the call in Abuja on Friday when the Forum of Chairmen, Governing Councils of the Federal Colleges of Education paid her a courtesy visit.
A statement signed by [...]
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of secondary schools (ANCOPSS) has expressed concern over the non-Uniformity of fees paid by candidates for the unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The body stated that this could result n exploitation of candidates by various universities in the form of charging unnecessarily high fees for [...]
The Rivers State University of Science and Technology has been acclaimed to be the only university involved in Housing Research in Nigeria.
This was made known by Professor Fidelix Ekeoma Opara during the 26th inauguraral lecture on the “Development of Magneto-Hydrodynamics and Plasma Generators: Energy of the Future,” last Wednesday.
According to the Professor of Physics, based [...]
