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Nigeria To End Foreign Publications Dominance ‘Challenge Is On Universities Capacity To Publish’ - TETFund

Nigeria To End Foreign Publications Dominance ‘Challenge Is On Universities Capacity To Publish’ – TETFund

The Nigerian Government has moved to end the dominance of foreign publications in the nation’s higher education institutions by unveiling 10 new textbooks sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund. Speaking at the public presentation of the books in Abuja, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the dependent on foreign academic publications portends great danger to the nation’s…

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Echono: 100 days of progress in funding tertiary education, By Rahma Oladosu

Echono: 100 days of progress in funding tertiary education, By Rahma Oladosu

To show support and to help push Africa Union’s Agenda 2063 to success, the Fund revealed its readiness to forge a partnership with the Pan African University to promote unity among young researchers in terms of beliefs, language and culture. This is the real idea of Pan Africanism, a step forward towards realising Agenda 2063. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked. It…

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TETFund set to disburse intervention funds to tertiary Institutions

TETFund set to disburse intervention funds to tertiary Institutions

  Zakaa Lazarus, Abuja. The newly appointed Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), Arc Sonny Echono, on Monday disclosed that the fund will soon commence the disbursement of annual direct intervention of the Year 2022. TETFund boss made this disclosure during a meeting with heads of TETFund beneficiary institutions in Abuja. He said: “The disbursement for the annual direct…

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Sonny Echono and the call to tertiary education reform, By Rahma Oladosu

Sonny Echono and the call to tertiary education reform, By Rahma Oladosu

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), an intervention agency set up by the Federal Government to provide supplementary support to all levels of public tertiary institutions, has in the last five years been under the watch of Professor Sulaiman Elias Bogoro, whose non-consecutive second tenure ends on March 18. Both in his first and second coming, Bogoro dominated TETFund like a colossus…

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SHOCKING: 60 Million Nigerians Are Illiterates – FG

SHOCKING: 60 Million Nigerians Are Illiterates – FG

Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, says nearly 60 million Nigerians are illiterates.

Echono made this known on Thursday at the Federal Government College Otobi, during the inauguration of a pilot Literacy Centre for the North Central Geo-Political Zone.

The permanent secretary expressed regret that the illiteracy rate among the youths and adults was high.

According…

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Federal Government Denies Plan To Increase Tuition Fees In Universities

Federal Government Denies Plan To Increase Tuition Fees In Universities

Federal Government Denies Plan To Increase Tuition Fees In Universities

Federal Government Denies Plan To Increase Tuition Fees In Universities

The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday denied that the federal government planned to increase tuition fees in Nigerian universities to N350,000.

Newsmen reported the allegation by the lecturers’ union, ASUU, that such was being considered by the…

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Over 500 newly recruited teachers inducted for Unity Schools – Sonny Echono Thе Fеdеrаl Ministry оf Education hаѕ inducted 700 newly recruited teachers fоr Unity Schools nationwide.  Thе Permanent Secretary оf thе ministry, Sonny Echono, stated thiѕ during аn induction соurѕе fоr thе teachers, whiсh wаѕ conducted bу thе National Institute fоr Educational Plаnning аnd Administration.