In support of the free and compulsory education policy of Governor Godswill Akpabio, the commissioner representing Akwa Ibom on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has initiated a tertairy education scholarship scheme for students of Esit Eket.
Mr Imaobong Inyang, an engineer, who announced the sscholarship scheme duri.....

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January 13, 2013, 5:55 pm | 0 Comment(s)

The newly appointed rector of the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Barrister Israel Benson Affia, has assumed duties.
Affia took over from his predecessor, Dr Sylvester Akpan, on Friday January 11, 2013, at a ceremony witnessed by the chairman and members of the Governing Council, as well as top management of the institution, held at the rect.....

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January 13, 2013, 5:54 pm | 0 Comment(s)

Immediate past rector of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic (AKWAPOLY) Dr Sylvester Akpan, was last Thursday, treated to a lavish send-forth party by his kinsmen under the aegis of Ikono/Ini National Association in the polytechnic.
The former rector and his wife, Immaculata, were toasted and celebrated for over four hours at the Polytechnic As.....

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January 13, 2013, 5:55 pm | 0 Comment(s)

Minister of education, Professor Ruqquayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, has counselled teachers in the country to put their new knowledge and pedagogical skills to good use in the classroom.
This became necessary as 40,000 teachers ended training programmes under the 2012 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 109 centres nationwide.
The tra.....

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January 6, 2013, 5:16 pm | 0 Comment(s)

The state commissioner for education has advised proprietors of private schools to employ only qualified teachers to provide quality education and maintain high academic standard in their respective schools.
Mrs Eunice Thomas, who gave the advice during the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Day Celebration in.....

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October 15, 2012, 6:46 am | 53 Comment(s)

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has warned that any teacher who is absent from duty will have his or her salary slashed by 50 percent, while perpetual late comers would forfeit two weeks salary.
Oshiomhole stated this at Imaguero College while on an inspection visit to assess the reconstruction work and the attendance of teachers i.....

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October 15, 2012, 6:46 am | 145 Comment(s)

Federal Government has approved over N12 billion for the supply of equipments and rehabilitation of laboratories in 51 federal and state polytechnics across the country.
Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Mr M. A. Kazaure, disclosed this at the 10th National Conference of the Academic Staff Union of Polyt.....

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October 15, 2012, 6:45 am | 78 Comment(s)

Ogun State commissioner for education has directed principals and head teachers to ensure proper distribution of textbooks and instructional materials, provided by the state government, to pupils and students.
Mr Segun Odubela, who gave the directive in Abeokuta during an inspection tour of public primary and secondary schools in the metr.....

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October 15, 2012, 6:45 am | 82 Comment(s)

Minister of state for education, Mr Nyesom Wike, has linked the failure of unity schools in the country to poor attitudes of principals.
Wike, who asked the principals to sit up or face sanctions, accused them of introducing ethnicity and religious sentiments into the management of the schools, killing the original dream of the founding f.....

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October 15, 2012, 6:44 am | 64 Comment(s)

The head, Department of Curriculum Studies, Educational Management and Planning in the faculty of Education, University of Uyo, Dr Etuk N. Etuk, has called for the recruitment and equitable employment of qualified teachers into the schools system in Akwa Ibom.
Etuk made the call at the 2012 world Teachers Day celebration in the state, hel.....

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October 8, 2012, 6:28 am | 99 Comment(s)