The Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, has
announced the allocation of N25 billion as Special High Impact Project
fund for tertiary institutions for 2012.
She made the announcement recently at the opening of the Annual
Strategic Planning Workshop, organised by the Tertiary Education Trust
Fund (TETFund), for Vice-Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts and other
principal officers of federal and state universities, polytechnics and
colleges of education, held at the National Universities Commission
(NUC), Abuja.
Professor Rufa’i disclosed that 12 institutions
had been selected for the 4th Phase of the special intervention on the
principle of one university and one polytechnic or college of education
per geo-political zone. Each university is allocated the sum of
N3billion, while Polytechnics and Colleges of Education receive
N1billion each. The funds, she said, shall be used for program
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The Universal Basic Education
Commission, UBEC, was established to implement and monitor the federel
government basic education programme.. To facilitate the programmes in
the states UBEC boards were established in each state in Nigeria.
The law requires that intervention funds are sent directly to the SUBEBs
to implement projects in primary and secondary schools.Recently the
minister of state for education Nyesom Wike had cause to doubt the
commitment of some SUBEBs to faithfully implement the pragramme in their
states. DAVID AUDU reports on the minister’s frustration.
THE Minister of State for Education,
Nyesom Wike has accused State Universal Basic Education Board Chairmen
for the slow rate of implementation of the federal government Basic
Education programme across the country.
Nigerian and indigene of Sokoto State, Muftahu Jibrin Salihu Goronyo
from Goronyo Local Government Area has emerged the first African to
graduate with a first class in Master of Educational Leadership and
Management of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, but
based in Malaysia.
Accordingly, Goronyo’s academic excellence fetched him two separate
offers from different universities, including an automatic admission and
scholarship by his university to undergo a three-year Ph.D programme
between 2012 and 2015.
A congratulatory letter signed by Jim Campbell, Senior Media
Co-ordinator of the university stated: "Firstly I can say a big
congratulations on your upcoming – You should be very proud of this
achievement. Besides bagging a first class degree, you are the only
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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the purchase of
16 million textbooks and library resources materials for distribution to
all public primary schools and Junior Secondary Schools across the
country.
The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ezenwo Wike, stated this in
Abuja while briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the
weekly FEC meeting which was presided over by Vice-President Namadi
Sambo.
He said the textbooks would be for core subjects in English Language,
Mathematics, Basic Science and Technology and Social Studies for
primaries three, four, five and six.
He said the library resources materials would be distributed to all Junior Secondary Schools across the country.
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