Category: Education

Gov Sule agrees to help mentor welding, metallurgical engineering students

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has accepted to mentor students of welding, material science and metallurgy from across Nigerian universities, assured them of placement in factories to be trained while undergoing their industrial attachment.   Engineer Sule made this known when he hosted the officials of the National Association of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Students, at the Government House, Thursday.   Though the Governor declined the association’s request to be its grand patron, he however demonstrated his willingness to reach out to his former General Manager, who’s now retired…

St Maria Goretti Old Girls urge Edo Govt to return School to Catholic Mission

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The Class of 1982 of Saint Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School Benin City have pleaded with the Edo State Government to consider returning the School to the Catholic Mission to enhance the education of the girl child.   The old students, under the auspices of Saint Maria Goretti Old Girls’ Association (SMAGOGA), made the passionate appeal in Lagos recently where they marked their 40 years reunion after leaving school. The event saw many old girls across the world from all walks of life gather to reminisce on their time at…

Ongoing staff screening not targeted at any religion- Oyo TESCOM replies MURIC

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Chairman of the Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Pastor Akinade Alamu, has declared that the ongoing data capturing of the newly-recruited teachers in the state was not targeted at any religion, whatsoever.   The TESCOM Chairman, who was reacting to a statement by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), which objected to the decision to hold the exercise on Monday and Tuesday on the grounds that the two days had been set aside for Eid-el-Kabir holiday, said that the exercise had been fixed long before the holiday was announced.…

Gov Sule approves recruitment of additional 550 teachers ….. says only qualified, competent teachers’ll make list

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has approved the recruitment of additional 550 teachers to fill existing gap in the educational sector of the state.   Engineer Sule made this known while declaring open a three-day workshop for principals of secondary schools from across the state, taking place at the Government Science Secondary School, Lafia, on Tuesday.   This window of opportunity for employment of new teachers is coming in the heels of the formalisation of over 2000 teachers appointed by the immediate past administration of Senator Umaru Tanko Al-makura,…

Schools need old students’ support – MAPOLY Association committee Chair

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The Chairman, Planning Committee of the 30th Graduation Anniversary of the 1992 set of the Association of Mass Communication Graduates of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Dr. Femi Adefila, has emphasised the need for old students to play active roles in developing their alma mater.   Adefila, in a statement on Wednesday, said alumni associations could become the pillars on which the development of the nation’s schools would stand.   “The economic situation across the globe isn’t favourable at the moment. Nigeria’s situation is particularly precarious. This has led to…

NOUN gets New Registrar, Bursar, Librarian

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The authority of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has approved the appointment of Mr. Oladipo Adetayo Ajayi as the new Registrar of the institution.   Also appointed are Mr. Nasir Gusau Marafa as Bursar and Dr. Angela Ebele Okpala as the University Librarian.   EMPORIUM REPORTERS gathered that the appointment is for a single term of five years.   The appointments were conveyed to the appointees in separate letters dated June 27, 2022 and signed by the out-going Registrar, Mr. Felix I. Edoka.   Mr. Edoka said the three…

Pantami takes Digital Economic agenda to Minna

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The Federal Government’s agenda to transform the country to a robust digital economy, became the focal point in the message of the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, who was the special guest at the weekend commissioning of a ‘Digital Nigeria Centre’ at the Father O’Connel Science College, Minna, Niger State.   Hosted at the occasion by the college community led by its old student and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada who facilitated the project executed by the Universal Service Provision…

AMACOG ’92 marks 30th graduation Anniversary, renovates MAPOLY TV studio

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The Association of Mass Communication Graduates of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has concluded plans to mark its 30th graduation anniversary on Friday, July 1, in the school.   AMACOG 92, an association of 1992 graduates of the then Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta, said the visit would allow the old students to support the Department of Mass Communication of their alma mater in key areas. A statement by the Chairman, AMACOG 92, Mr. Adekunle Adeshina, on Thursday, stated that the members planned to unveil a television studio which the old…

Sexual misconduct: OAU, UNIABUJA dismiss four Profs, 14 others

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No fewer than 18 lecturers in the nation’s tertiary institutions have been indicted and dismissed over sexual misconduct in one year, analysis of media reports has revealed.   The issue of sexual harassment has been recurring in Nigerian institutions with a survey conducted in 2018 by the World Bank Group’s Women revealing that 70 per cent of female graduates from tertiary institutions in Nigeria were sexually harassed in school, with the main perpetrators being classmates or lecturers.   Though the Senate had in 2021 passed a bill that randy lecturers…

Out-of-school children in Nigeria now 18m from 10.5m in 1999, despite N100tr budget- MacArthur Foundation

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The Deputy Director MacArthur Foundation, Mr. Dayo Olaide has indicated that there is an astronomical increase in the number of out-of-school children from 10.5 million in 1999 to 18 million in 2022 despite N100 trillion budget by the Federal Government within the same period.   Olaide spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a policy dialogue on situating Constituency Projects in the 2023 Electioneering Campaigns organised by OrderPaper in partnership with Budgit and MacArthur Foundation.   He expressed disappointment that lawmakers are rather concerned about commendations that they passed the budget…