Author: Esther Aye

The Nigerian Board of Technical Education has granted complete accreditation for all of the courses offered by the vocational and technical training center, Nigeria-Korea Friendship Institute, located in Lokoja, Kogi State. This was revealed on Monday during the public opening of the institution’s car workshop by Mr. Williams Charles Oluwatoyin, the rector of the establishment. Along with the institution’s courses receiving full accreditation, the Rector launched a scholarship program for a selected group of students, funded by Dr. Shaibu Oricha, the Director General of the Kogi State Government House. The visitation served as a testament to my diligence and dedication…

A celebrated educator with multiple awards from reputable educational institutions like Cambridge University Press & Assessment and Suraasa (International Teachers’ Olympiad), Mr. Lanre Oguntoye, who is also an assistant principal at Greensprings School, Anthony Campus, has stated that the use of Artificial Intelligence in teaching will make teaching more efficient. Consequently, he has advised African educators to adopt and embrace AI rather than watch and worry as new trends in technology unfold. In a recent webinar hosted by Greensprings Training College and themed “Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” he offered this counsel. “Everyone is on a learning curve…

Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, recently introduced remote e-learning platform will support the advancement of education in Africa and assist in addressing the admissions shortfall in Nigeria. In an effort to close this gap, he said, the university obtained accreditation from the Nigeria Universities Commission to operate a distance learning program that would allow all applicants from Nigeria and throughout Africa to sign up and study at their own pace without being constrained by geography or the demanding nature of in-person instruction. “Many people are unable to gain admission into universities,” stated Adebayo. This was brought up during…

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s Faculty of Law, has been granted bail by an Abuja Federal High Court. Bail was also granted for his attorney, Sunny Anyanwu, who was also charged with a crime alongside him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission. Currently on trial for four modified counts of alleged sexual harassment and attempted perversion of justice are the professor and his attorney. Anyanwu was granted N50m bail with two sureties, while Ndifon was granted N250m bail with two sureties. The professor was remanded by the court on January…

Alex Otti, the governor of Abia State, has promised that his administration will investigate the problems facing Abia State University, or ABSU, in Uturu in order to find solutions and make the university the envy of other higher education facilities in the nation. He gave a speech on Wednesday during a meeting with the executives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, ABSU Chapter, which was presided over by Dr. Happiness Uduak, the zonal coordinator for the Calabar Zone. Otti stated that the state government would do everything in its power to support the University, noting that much…

A non-governmental organization called Webfala Digital Skills for All Initiative (WDSFaI) in collaboration with two US organizations, Pratt and Whitney and the North American Association for Environmental Education, have organized E-STEM (Environment, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and robotics training programs for educators in Kwara State. The training conducted by a robotic specialist Michael Joseph, gave an introduction to the field of robotics to the participating instructors at the Ilorin training program. He taught them about the fundamental hardware and software components of robotics, such as LCDs, motors, and sensors. “Using Arduino Uno, a micro-controller platform, and reusable materials, the…

The Osun State government has authorized the hiring of 250 education officers and 5,000 teachers to cover the open positions in the state’s teaching workforce. This was disclosed in a statement credited to Governor Ademola Adeleke and signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Olawale Rasheed. According to him, the government’s 2023 needs assessment report’s conclusion before the clearance for teacher recruitment, and that the Ministry of Education was instructed by the council to expedite the hiring of capable personnel in order to improve instruction and student learning. He claims that N1.3 billion has also been authorized by the council for…

Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has activated the Taraba State Students Identification System (TESIS), a data-capturing system aimed at obtaining an exact count of schools and students throughout the state and he also declared that the government’s free education policy is here to stay and that making sure data plays a key role is one of the program’s main goals. Kefas called the ceremony historic and added that the identification initiative formally launches his administration’s free education program. He emphasized that although all state children are entitled to free education, parents nevertheless have a duty to provide for their…

The Nigerian University of Technology and Management, located in Lagos, has started accepting applications for its full-time undergraduate degree programs in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, management, and entrepreneurship. In accordance with a statement from the university, NUTM will initially offer bachelor’s degrees in computer science, cyber security, and information technology. “NUTM combines a top-notch curriculum with teachers of Ivy League caliber, all geared toward developing technology education in Nigeria. Partnerships with eminent universities such as Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Oxford University will be beneficial to students. The statement also stated that the school has received…

Parents and some students have voiced their dissatisfaction with the federal government for failing to start the much-discussed student education loan distribution in January as promised. Recall earlier, at the October 2023 Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared that the government will start paying back the loans to Nigerian students by January 2024. The government had previously insisted that everything was prepared for students to be able to obtain the loan in January 2024, but nothing has come of that. Parents and students are nonetheless concerned about the development, despite a top ministry of education official…