Education
RSU To Partner Stakeholders On Research, Teaching
The Vice Chancellor of Rivers State University, Nkpolu -Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Prof. Blessing Chimezie Didia said his administration is irrevocably committed to supporting activities that promote teaching and research.
The Vice Chancellor made this known while playing host to executive members of Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria (PPSN) South -South Zone, Port Harcourt who paid him a courtesy visit in the university, recently.
Prof. Didia, who commended the group for their visit, reiterated his earlier resolve to partner with organisations and institutions for programmes that encourage teaching and research.
He said the university management would always assist in providing platform for hosting conferences in the university if the need arises.
Earlier, the spoke- person of the delegation of Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria, Prof. Florence Ndukwe told the Vice Chancellor that the team is to visit all the Vice Chancellors within Rivers and Bayelsa States to solicit for support in respect to their forthcoming South -South Zonal Conference slated to hold from the 10th to 14th September, 2019 at the University of Port Harcourt.
Prof. Ndukwe, who lauded the Vice Chancellor for transforming the university, said the conference will help provide quality research on parasitology infections in the zone.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
