Tag: funding
Akeredolu approves N523m for WAEC fees
A total sum of N523,948,400 has been approved by the Ondo State Government for the payment of 2023...
ASUU wants education tax increased to 10%
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has demanded that Federal Government carry out upward review of education...
JAMB increases CBT centres’ service charges
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved that its accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres should...
Tertiary institutions have powers to sanction erring contractors – TETFund
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has said it has recommended termination of contracts and sanctions for erring contractors handling...
Three new polytechnics to take off in October
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take-off of three new federal polytechnics in the country.
NRF: N36m research grant to investigate kidney cases in Hadejia Valley
A team of researchers at the Federal University, Duste, have received a N36 million research grant to investigate...
Yobe deducts 10 percent of workers’ salaries to ‘fund education’
The Yobe government has declared that it will deduct 10 percent of basic salaries of civil servants for...
Nigeria’s unity colleges now run-down community secondary schools — Minister
The Nigerian Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has bemoaned the rot in Federal Unity Colleges, adding...
Vanishing values of Nigerian universities
By Samuel Ogundele
Universities are special knowledge factories for self-actualisation and the promotion of the...
Private school owners complain about multiple taxation
Private school owners in Kogi State have decried the case of multiple taxation by government in the state.