Education

British Columbia, a Canadian province, has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years.   Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller disclosed this recently in a statement. According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student visa issuance by 35 per cent for the …

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has announced plans by their government to extend its suspension of degree accreditation and evaluation to Kenya and Uganda.   Over 45 universities have been affected by the suspension of degrees due to allegations of granting fake degrees to students. “We are not going …

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The National University Commission has approved the commencement of Medicine and Surgery, Anatomy, and Physiology programmes at Veritas University, Abuja. Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Hyacinth Ichoku, who disclosed this on Thursday, said that in spite of the challenging  economic situation in the country, the University has continued to make …

Search engine giant, Google has announced partnership with the Kaduna State Government to train 5,000 women and girls in technology. They will be trained in data science, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurial application of digital technologies. This initiative, part of a broader skills development program supported by Google.org, aims to empower …

More than 85 per cent of Nigeria’s graduates have no digital skills, a survey by GetBundi, an online education technology outfit, has shown. The outcome of the survey, according to Mr Osita Oparaugo, Chief Executive Officer of the outfit, shows that the more than 100 million young people are not …

As knowledge acquisition becomes more competitive, the need for educators to be vast is becoming more compelling. A five-day training activity on Excellence Culture in Educational Organisations laid bare steps at improving learning outcomes to entrench excellence culture in educational institutions. While attendees attest to being exposed to fresh vistas …