Education
PH Poly Set To Benefit From TETFUND
There are indications that the recently upgraded Port Harcourt Polytechnic will soon begin to benefit from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).
Rector of the institution, Dr Samuel B. Kalagbor gave this hint recently when he revealed that TETFUND had carried out needs assessment of the school.
This, he said, was indicative of the fact that TETFUND would soon embark on infrastructural development in the school.
“The TETFUND, a Federal Government Intervention agency’s verification team visited the (Port Harcourt) Polytechnic to access its needs, which is an indication that the institution will soon begin to benefit, as of right, from TETFUND intervention to improve on our infrastructure and human capacity development,” he said.
In order to improve the standard of the school, Dr Kalagbor explained that steps had been taken in several areas.
They include restructuring of academic Departments and creating of three additional schools and institutes to meet the needs of the Polytechnic.
Management, he continued, also “intends to establish the Directorate of Sports, Directorate of Exchange and Linkage programmes; Directorate of Research, Innovation and Development to strengthen the academic, Curricula and administrative machinery of the polytechnic to meet the needs of our students, the industry and public.
Sogbeba Dokubo
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
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