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The Federal Government has appointed Prof. Gray Ejikeme as acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau state. This was announced in a statement on Tuesday by Abdullahi Abdullahi, Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university. The statement said until his appointment Ejikeme was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration of the institution. The statement…

The National Board for Technical Education has called for a compulsory 50 per cent inclusion of skill acquisition in the curriculum for secondary school students. This, NBTE said would help the students to have a better understanding of their interests and abilities, and improve them in decision-making, thereby leading to their personal and professional development….

The Kaduna state ministry of education has directed public schools in the state to migrate to the 4-day working week introduced by the state government, as the schools reopen on Monday for second session of the 2021/2022. The Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, who gave the directive in a statement in Kaduna, also called on…

Eleven of the children abducted from an Islamiyya school in Tegina, Rafi LGA of Niger state have been released. Mary Noel-Berje, spokesperson to the Niger state governor, said in a statement that the bandits released the children who could not walk because they were too small. The bandits had invaded the school on Sunday and…