The Nigerian government has declared moves to curb incidences of fake foreign degrees with its latest decision to screen over 40,000 university certificates obtained abroad. This is through a 16-man committee recently constituted by the Federal Ministry of Education. The committee is…
This is a continuation of the series on the ban on Post-UTME by a Nigerian law court. In part one, we traced the origin of the exam while identifying its nature. In case you missed that, click here. Conflicting stances by defendants…
A Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday, 2nd March, declared the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post- UTME) conducted by universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in Nigeria as illegal. According to it, there was no extant law authorising the exercise. The court…
The Nigerian Skill Qualifications Framework (NSQF) was launched on Thursday, 15th February 2018 by the Nigerian government to cater for technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It is a system for the development, classification and recognition of skills, knowledge and competencies…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed its plans to provide educational support to victims of human trafficking who recently returned to the country. Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, gave the assurance while exchanging views on rehabilitation strategies of deported illegal migrants with…
Federal Ministry of Education – The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2018/2019 Nomination Interview for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award. 2018/2019 Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Awards Interview…
The Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday issued provisional licences to the six newly established private universities. It did so through the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, gave the provisional licences to the institutions in…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved licences to six private universities. The approval was given on Wednesday by the Federal Executive Council, (FEC) in its meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the council chamber of the Aso Rock Presidential…
President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that the prosperity of every nation depends on the functional education operational within it. This is as he assured of an improved education sector. He said this on Monday during his opening remarks at a special retreat…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday said it is in the process of allowing 15 more universities to embark on open distance/online learning as this will help solve inadequate access to university education. The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Professor Abubakar…
