The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy had created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition fees and stipends. The Executive…
Category: Education
No federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees — FG
The Federal Government has maintained that all federal universities in the country are prohibited from implementing tuition fees. David Adejo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said this at a public hearing by…
Sexual Assault : UNICAL Students Protests Against Law Professor
The Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Ndifon, on Monday, found himself in fresh alleged sexual harassment claims by female students of his department. The students in…
Northwest varsity matriculates 200 pioneer students
A recently established first private University in Sokoto State, Northwest University Sokoto (NWUS) on Saturday matriculated no fewer than 200 students in the state. Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of the state, who attended…
NDIC trains youth on financial literacy in Jos
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has organised a financial literacy programme for secondary school students in Plateau State to inculcate financial discipline in them. The exercise, according…
38 inmates bag Senior School Certificate in Kano
Thirty-eight of the Inmates Continuing Education Centre at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kurmawa, Kano have successfully completed the 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination. They also graduated from the National Board…
CITAD School of Community Network bridges digital divide in Bichi community through study tour
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) is making strides in closing the digital divide in Nigeria through its annual School of Community Networks Training. The program, now in its third…
School fees hike: BUK secures scholarship for 500 indigent students
Prof. Sagir Abbas, the Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University Kano(BUK), says the university has secured scholarship for 500 indigent students, after making contact with philanthropists and wealthy individuals. Abbas said this when he…
Reps Committee summons education Perm. Sec. over student loan Loan
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Students Loans and Access to Higher Education has summoned the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Andrew Adejo to appear and…
Ruqsmee Organises Craft Classes for Pupils
Ahead of the third term primary and secondary school holidays, Ruqsmee organised a two day kiddies summer art and craft classes for primary school pupils. The craft classes were organised to increase…
Students suffer, as Kano lawmaker, others abandon constituency classroom projects
By Aisha Ahmad In 2019, to improve the condition of public schools and Islamiyya in Kano State, the Kano State Government, through the Kano State Ministry of Works, Housing, and Transportation, disbursed…
Kano Govt dissolves NAKSS Executive, inaugurates planning committee
Dr Yusuf Kofarmata, the Kano State Commissioner for Higher Education has dissolved the Executive Committee and Senate of the National Association of Kano State Students (NAKSS). Dr. Yusuf Kofarmata, who is the…
Sa’adatu Rimi University trains students on skills acquisition
Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano, has begun training its students on skills acquisition and entrepreneurship to enable them to acquire skill and knowledge outside their areas of academic specialisation. Vice Chancellor…
CSACEFA donates learning materials to Tudun Maliki Special School in Kano
Tudun Maliki special school in Kano received a heartwarming gesture from the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) as they donated essential learning materials. The students were visibly delighted…
CSACEFA develops education input application for Kano citizens
By Hannatu Sulaiman Abba The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education For All (CSACEFA) Kano state branch has taken a significant step towards enhancing education in the state by developing a new…
Increasing tuition fees may deepen Nigeria’s education crisis, says UK charity founder
The Chief Executive Officer of the UK charity, IA-Foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, has warned that increasing tuition fees in Nigerian universities could compound the crisis plaguing the country’s education sector. Speaking against…
Plateau state govt set to establish senior secondary education board
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has expressed commitment to establish a State Senior Secondary Education Board to revamp the sector for efficient service delivery. The Governor disclosed this…
Sa’adatu Rimi Varsity accesses N3 billion TETFund intervention for infrastructure development
By Abdullahi Yusuf The Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kumbotso, Kano State, has so far accessed intervention funds worth N3 billion from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund(TETFund) for the infrastructure development of…
KNSG reaffirms ownership of Daula to ADUSTECH Wudil
Kano State Governor and Visitor to Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology Wudil, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has reaffirmed the ownership of former Daula Hotel to the University. The Hotel, along…
FG approves buses for tertiary institutions, removes restriction on students’ loans
President Bola Tinubu has approved provision of buses to the students’ bodies of all universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. This is in furtherance of his desire to ease…
NOUN VC vows to enhance digital E-learning for pupils
By Abdullahi Alhassan Professor Olufemi Peters, the Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has pledged to enhance digital E-learning for pupils of NOUN Staff School in Kaduna. PRIME TIME…
Kano: Emir of Rano promotes education
The Emir of Rano in Kano State, Alhaji Kabir Inuwa, on Sunday described education as a prerequisite for the upliftment of any society. This is contained in a statement issued by the…
Zamfara’s performance in education poor – Gov
Dauda Lawal, the Governor of Zamfara State, has expressed concern over the poor condition of the education sector in his state. The governor made the remark during a visit to the Tertiary…
CITAD renews commitment to bridging ICT gap, matriculates 21 students into academy
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has renewed it’s commitment in her bid to bridge the gap in Information and Communication Technology, particularly in northern Nigeria. Haruna Adamu Hadeija, the…
Presidency: Federal universities remain tuition-free
The Presidency has stated that despite the increase in ancillary fees at various universities across the country, tuition fees in federal universities continue to be exempted and remain free. This comes barely…