•Dr. Tunji Alausa Minister of Education, Dr. TunÂji Alausa, has hinted of plans to remove existing dichotomy in Higher National Diploma (HND) by allowing polytechnics to award degrees. He gave the hint while speakÂing at a high-level retreat held in Abuja yesterday, for edÂucation stakeholders across the country, reports Daily Independent. Acc...
•LASUSTECH No fewer than 50 lecturers across Nigerian public tertiary institutions have been indicted for sexual misconduct between April 2021 and April 2025, it has been found. While some of the indicted academics, including professors, have been dismissed, others are currently facing disciplinary panels, reports The PUNCH. The cases span uni...
•Dr. Abiodun Oluseye The Rector of Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH) in Igbesa, Dr. Abiodun Oluseye, has said that the federal government’s initiative to upgrade some polytechnics into full-fledged universities may spell doom for technical education in the country. Oluseye, who was speaking ahead of the institution’s 6th combined co...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has approved a one-year moratorium on new applications for polytechnics and monotechnics. He, however, exempted health institutions due to low enrollment challenges, reports NAN. This was contained in a statement by the Executive Secretary of the National Board fo...
The 15-day ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics to the federal government to meet its demands is set to expire on today, October 23. The group had threatened to embark on strike should the government fail to address the contentious new scheme of service for polytechnic lecturers across the country, reports NAN. [&hellip...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the federal government to attend to numerous issues affecting the smooth operations of polytechnics and mono-technics in the country, or face a prolonged industrial action. Addressing journalists at the Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi in Plateau State Zonal...
•Education Minister Prof. Tahir Mamman The federal government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, gave the directive today during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bw...
•FEC meeting Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have been taken off from the Integrated Personnel Payment System (IPPIS). The approval for the exemption was given by The Federal Executive Council at its meeting today at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this while br...
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