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Why Nigerian universities should embrace distance learning programmes- Prof.Jegede, ex-NOUN VC

….as FUOYE commences programmes soon From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti Former Vice-chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), and renown expert on Distance Learning academic programmes, Professor Olagbemiro Jegede, has advised Nigerian varsities and other tertiary institutions to embrace the culture of having a Distance Learning (D.L) institute. He said the development will help in surmounting…

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Oyo returns 34% out-of-school children back to class, to reintroduces boarding system for public schools

Oyo State government has disclosed that the State has returned 34% of its out-of-school children population back to class and working towards mopping the rest of the population outside classroom back before the end of the year. The disclosure was made at the weekend by the State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Kehinde…

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LAUTECH: Osun Govt opens can of worms, shift ASUU’s blame on Oyo over unpaid salaries

The government of the state of Osun has described threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) that it will disrupt academic activities in the institution if the Osun State Government ‘refuses to pay their outstanding two months’ salaries, as misguided and presumptuous. In a statement…

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FUOYE gives free post doctoral training to academics

From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti Federal University Oye-Ekiti, (FUOYE), is adding another feather to her cap in a quest for academic advancement and deepening of research endeavours. This, the school is doing by organizing a free one-day training on capacity building workshop on grantsmanship and strategies for accessing Post Doctoral applications. The training is scheduled for…

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Makinde to build new Model schools in 3 senatorial districts

Governor Seyi Led-Government of Oyo State has revealed that it would construct five new Model schools across the three senatorial districts, saying this is in line with the 2018 intervention project in conjunction with Federal Government-Universal Basic Education Board. This was stated today by the Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OyoSUBEB), Dr….

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Capacity building: FUOYE trains staff on Quality Assurance practices, partner with UNILAG on effective, efficient service delivery

From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has trained her academic and non-academic staff on how to deliver on Quality Assurance (Q.A).The management of the university also plans to partner with the University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG) on effective and efficient service delivery. The training came as a one-day Quality Assurance Workshop tagged: ”…

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Special School in Ibadan decries high out-of-school Special-Need children, solicits sponsors for enrollment

From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan A special school in Ibadan, Aisha Ubaji Special school has lamented high numbers of Out-of-School Special-Need children in the country as indices for bleak future of children living with disability. The Proprietress of the school, Mrs. Aisha Ubaji while speaking during an interview in Ibadan noted that there is need for…

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UI sacks lecturer who protested ‘illegal’ deduction from his salaries

The University of Ibadan management has sacked Chukwuemeka Diji, the lecturer who protested the ‘illegal’ deduction of his salaries. The senior lecturer who has been experiencing deduction from his salary since September 2018. Mr Diji, a PhD holder, acted as the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from September 2015 to July 2017 before…

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FUOYE gets NUC accreditation for six PG programmes

…signs MoU on Distance Learning programmes From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has got full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC), for six academic programmes to be run by the university’s school of the Post Graduate Studies. The NUC empowered FUOYE to begin running the programmes from 2019/2020 academic session. The University…

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Surprise! Gov. El-Rufai enrols son into public school

There was mild surprise as Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai enrolled his son into Capital School Malali, Kaduna, a public school. Abubakar Al-Siddique El-Rufai, a six-year old enrolled him as a Primary One pupil of Kaduna Capital School. El-Rufai said he had enrolled his son at Kaduna Capital School in order to lead by…

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