Education

TVET Remains A Veritable Pathway To Success – Minister

Published

5 years ago

December 7, 2020

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has averred that Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) remains a veritable pathway to success among students and undergraduates in the country.
Adamu stated this at a workshop with the theme, “ Developing A Proper Institutional Strategic Plans’ organised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in partnership with PaceSet Associates in Abuja.
Declaring the workshop open, Adamu noted with dismay the rising spate of unemployment in the country, maintaining that enrolling students into technical and vocational education courses remained the sure way of tracing the path of personal and national growth.
Represented by the Director, Tertiary Education, Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs Iiyasu Rakya, Adamu regretted that many young Nigerians after graduation remained either unemployed or underemployed with little or no skills to contribute to their economic development as well as the country, maintaining that the gap would be bridged by technical and vocational education.
Adamu said”, TVET institutions are responsible for implementing programmes that equip students with the relevant skills and competences to meet the needs of the labour market”.
“ In all, Nigeria has a total number of 171 technical colleges, 108 polytechnics, 61 monotechnics, 98 Vocational Enterprise Institutes(VEIs), and 150 Innovation Enterprise Institutions, equipping learners with technical and vocational skills through formal and non formal channels”, he said.
The minister however identified low perception among others as one of the biggest challenges facing the TVET and stressed the need for this challenge as well as others be addressed in order to reverse the trend thereby repositioning TVET for national growth.
Some students of the Government Crafts and Vocational Development centre, Port Harcourt, expressed joy over the impact of the school on them in this economic-crisis period, revealing that their acquired skills had given them a slight economic landing as against their counterparts in other schools.
They further called on the government to give attention to the needs of the centre in terms of materials, equipment and amenities for their total growth and development.

By: Lady Godknows Ogbulu

Education

Elga boss tasks law students on academics strides

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4 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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5 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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5 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