Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Industries, Solomon Agidani, has called for a review of the curriculum of universities to meet industrial requirement for gainful employment. Speaking at an orientation for Graduate Attachment Programme (GAP), in Makurdi, Agidani noted that most unemployed graduates lacked basic requirements needed in the industries, stressing  that Nigerian graduates would remain largely unemployed until the university curriculum becomes skills-oriented. Pointing out that the global economy was facing a series of crises in which millions of people were likely to lose their jobs, he said that the university curriculum should cover ...

More than 300 civil servants in Bauchi State have volunteered to teach in primary and secondary schools to make up for the dearth of teachers in the state. Governor Isa Yuguda, who disclosed this in Bauchi while declaring open a two-day meeting of officials of the Nigeria National Volunteer Service (NNVS), said the workers had already registered with NNVS, and that the measure was part of the efforts to raise the standard of education in the state. The governor, represented by ...

The Registrar of the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB), Prof. David Awanbor, has charged the Mathematics Association of Nigeria (MAN) to explore ways of popularizing the teaching and learning of mathematics.  Awanbor made the appeal at the weekend in Benin when he hosted a delegation of the Edo Chapter of MAN.  While emphasising the significance of mathematics in the quest for scientific and technological development and sustainable growth, he pledged the continued support of NABTEB to the people-oriented programmes of the association.  Earlier, the state chairman of MAN, Dr Emmanuel ...

The Federal Government has disbursed N90million to 15 Northern States for the implementation of the Qur’anic Integration Project aimed at giving formal education access to about 7 million children. The Minister of State for Education, Aishat Jubril Dukku  who disclosed this during the presentation of cheques to the benefiting states, said Nigeria cannot in real terms achieve universal basic education if the almajarai (street boys) and other vulnerable groups are not given ample opportunity and encouraged to utilize available basic education opportunities.   According to Dukku, the government had in its efforts to ensure eradication ...

The Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria has called on the Federal Ministry of Education, to review the university curricula, in line with the trend in Science and Technology. The South-South Coordinator of the institute, Mr Friday Udoh, made the call in Uyo during a visit to the Head, Department of Economics, University of Uyo, Dr Godwin Akpan. Udoh said that there was a strong link between the operations of university education, the economy and the industrial demands of any nation....

As part of efforts to improve the standard of education, Nigeria and Ghana are to exchange teachers and students Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro has said.  Obanikoro, who spoke at the 2008 annual Ghana-Nigeria Business Summit with the theme "Promoting Trade and Investment" said the High Commission would soon conclude plans on the programme but did not say when the exchange programme would begin. He said that Nigeria and Ghana would use the opportunity to understudy each other’s education system and learn from ...

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Tuesdday rejected post Monotechnic, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Examination (MPCE), conducted by some National Diploma (ND) and Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE)-awarding institution across the country.  Dibu Ojerinde, the Registrar of JAMB who disclosed this in Abuja during a consultative meeting of the policy committee on admissions to ND and NCE-awarding institutions, said the exercise was not acceptable. "Permit me to express the Board’s dismay at some ND and NCE-awarding institutions that conduct ...