NationalCouncil Of Pharmacists Cancel Pharmacy Technician Programme In School Of Health Technology, Kano

EducationHealthNationalCouncil Of Pharmacists Cancel Pharmacy Technician Programme In School Of Health Technology, Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2021

The National Council of Pharmacists cancelled the ‘Pharmacy Technician programme’ course previously accredited to be studied in the School of Health Technology, Kano for alleged violation of regulations. The development will affect 50 final year students of the institution who may have wasted their academic years. The students who were said to have written their final examinations at the Institution received the news recently. The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria had initially accredited the Course for...

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President Buhari Commission Remodel Government Girls Secondary School Chibok

Crime & SecurityEducationPresident Buhari Commission Remodel Government Girls Secondary School Chibok

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 8, 2021

MAIDUGURI — President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the newly remodelled Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok of Borno state which was hitherto attacked by the dreaded Boko Haram sect. The new school is now ‘Government Secondary School’ mixed with Boys and Girls. Over 3000 students in Chibok have been unable to return to school since the deadly attack by Boko Haram in the community, but with the reopening of the new edifices, hundreds of students...

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Hostel Collapses, One Student dies

Accidents and SafetyEducationHostel Collapses, One Student dies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 5, 2021

YOLA — Dilapidated hostel structure at Government Secondary School (GSS) Numan in Adamawa state has fallen down killing on Friday killing one student identified as Harka Yinasinma. Adamawa state government has given education a serious premium in its eleven-point agenda. Sources at the school said despite its state of dilapidation, the school authorities allowed several students to be sleeping in the building. “What would have turned to a serious disaster was today averted as most...

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NECO Appoints New Acting Registrar, Ebikibina Ogborodi

EducationNECO Appoints New Acting Registrar, Ebikibina Ogborodi

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 3, 2021

ABUJA — The governing board of the National Examinations Council has approved the appointment of new Acting Registrar and Chief Executive of the Council, Ebikibina John Ogborodi. The appointment followed the death of the Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma on Monday, June 1, 2021, after a brief illness. Before his appointment, Ogborodi was the Director of Special Duties in the examination council. In a circular issued by the Director of Human Resources Management, Mustapha K. Abdul,...

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Committee On Almajiri, Sangaya Reformation Inaugurated In Kaduna

EducationLifestyleNewsCommittee On Almajiri, Sangaya Reformation Inaugurated In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 3, 2021

KADUNA — The Kaduna State Director of Public Schools in the Ministry of Education, Habibu Idris Alhassan says the government has inaugurated members of the Committee on Almajiri and Sangaya Reformation towards total integration into the mainstream education system. Alhassan while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after inaugurating the committee said the committee would ensure that all school-age children have access to free and compulsory basic and post-basic education across the state. “The committee will...

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Teachers Yet To Get New Special Salary Package, Nearly Seven Months After President’s Pronouncement

EducationJobsNigeriaTeachers Yet To Get New Special Salary Package, Nearly Seven Months After President’s Pronouncement

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 3, 2021

ABUJA — Nearly seven months after the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari on the approval of a special salary scale for teachers, the implementation of the scale is yet to take effect. President Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during the World Teachers Day celebration in October 2020 also reviewed upward their retirement age to 65 and said the approval was to take effect immediately. The president also approved the...

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Senate Passes Bill to Stop Discrimination Between BSc and HND in Nigeria

EducationJobsSenate Passes Bill to Stop Discrimination Between BSc and HND in Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that sought to prohibit discrimination between the university degree and the High National Diploma (HND) certificate holders in the country. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure passed the third reading during the plenary session on Wednesday. The Chairman of the Joint Committee that worked on the legislation, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, said the bill will free the HND Holders from stagnation and ensure balance...

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Makinde Slashes LAUTECH Tuition Fees By 25%

EducationNewsMakinde Slashes LAUTECH Tuition Fees By 25%

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 2, 2021

IBADAN — The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced 25 percent reduction in the tuition fees students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) are to be paying. The Governor made the announcement on Tuesday while have an interaction with the students of the institution in Ogbomosho. While making the announcement, the Governor said the reduction will be effected on all students irrespective of their statuses or indigene. This was made known to...

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University of Abuja Has Expel 46 Students Over Acts of Misconduct

EducationNewsUniversity of Abuja Has Expel 46 Students Over Acts of Misconduct

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 2, 2021

ABUJA — The Senate of the University of Abuja has expelled at least 46 students over their involvement in various acts of misconduct in breach of their sworn matriculation oath. A statement made available to journalists by Dr. Habib Yakoob, Head, Information and University Relations that five other students were rusticated for one semester, the cases of three others involved in sundry offences would be retried, while seven accused students were exonerated, discharged, and acquitted....

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Umahi Schools Sports Competition: 848 Athletes to Participate in State Elimination

EducationSportsUmahi Schools Sports Competition: 848 Athletes to Participate in State Elimination

PilotnewsJune 2, 2021

ABAKALIKI — Ebonyi government on Wednesday said that no fewer than 848 athletes would participate in the state elimination stage of the ongoing maiden edition of Gov. David Umahi Schools Sports competition. The state Commissioner for Sports, Mr. Charles Akpuenika, told journalists in Abakaliki that the inauguration for the event had been fixed for June 3. Akpuenika explained that the local and the zonal elimination stages of the competition concluded on May 27, was successful....

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