President Bola Tinubu has said that the student loan programme would begin in January. President Tinubu announced this at the 29th Economic Summit organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Abuja on Monday. “By January 2024, the new student loan programme must commence,” the President said, adding that the programme would put an end to the incessant strike actions by academic and...

The move to incorporate private universities as beneficiaries in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has received stiff resistance from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke on Wednesday at a two-day interactive session between TETFund and all unions of beneficiary institutions, said such a move would lead to the proliferation of private universities devoid of quality. Prof Osodeke, urged the agency to work more on the monitoring method...

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, presented cheques worth N1.524 billion to mission schools in the state as government support to improve quality of education and infrastructure. Governor Soludo presented the cheques to owners/operators of Anambra Mission Schools during a meeting held at Government Lodge, Amawbia. A total of 762 Anambra Mission Schools received N2,000,000 each from the government of Anambra State. Eight (8) schools returned to Salvation Army Schools received a total sum...

…Awards prizes for exceptional performance In celebration of World Teachers’ Day, the Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has announced the immediate employment of 1,000 Ogun Teach Interns to address teacher shortages and improve the pupil-teacher ratio in public schools in celebration of World Teachers’ Day. 2,000 new OGUNTEACh applicants will join the previously engaged 2,000 interns. The Governor also recognized the exceptional contributions of teachers by awarding bungalows and cash prizes to...

The Director-General, of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) Kaduna, Prof. Musa Maitafsir says the Institute has plans to introduce a mandatory one-year Teacher Internship Programme by January 2024. Maitafsir made this known on Thursday in Abuja, at a news conference to mark the 2023 World Teachers’ Day with the theme ‘ The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage ‘. The day has been observed annually on...

The 4th convocation ceremony of Paul University Awka has been slated for Friday, 6th October, 2023. The convocation which will feature Mr. Valentine Ozigbo who was the PDP candidate in the last Anambra State Governorship election as the guest convocation lecture, will hold within the premises of the University in Awka metropolis from 12 noon on Friday. This event will see to the award of first degrees, advanced degrees and honourary degrees to deserving graduands...

Plans are underway by the Enugu State Government to establish 260 SMART schools across the state. Dr. Peter Ndubuis Mbah, Governor of Enugu State gave this indication during the celebration of the 63rd Independence Day Anniversary of Nigeria, held at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, said the SMART schools would be categorized into crèche, nursery, primary, and junior secondary schools. The State Governor represented by his Deputy Governor, Ifeanyi Ossai, stated that the school will have...