Education

A Professor of Vocational Teacher Education, and immediate past Director of Quality Assurance and Servicom, Enugu State University of Science and Technology ESUT, Abigail  Alio, has identified technical and vocational education as the engine of national development. Professor Alio made these submissions at the 48th Inaugural Lecture of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, titled, "Technology and Vocational Education as Pathway for Self- Reliance in the Informal Sector of […]

The Delta State Government has suspended five primary school headteachers for extorting pupils through illegal levies. A statement issued by the State Ministry of Information, Asaba, and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Theresa Adiabua-Oliko, noted that the decisive action was taken to combat corruption in the education sector. According to the statement, the suspensions followed “an investigation and an on-the-spot visit conducted recently by the Commissioner for Primary Education, Kingsley […]

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has suspended all forms of payments in public primary and secondary schools across the state, including levies for the Parents-Teachers Association, PTA. This is even as the law mandating all children of school age to attend school every school day took effect on January 1, 2025. Otti, who revealed this yesterday in his New Year broadcast to the people of Abia State, also […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has released the results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME which was conducted between Tuesday, April 25 and Monday, May 1. The spokesperson for the examination body Fabian Benjamin yesterday in a statement said a total of 1,595,779 candidates registered to sit in 708 Computer Based Test CBT centers in 105 towns but the results excluded candidates who were rescheduled to […]

The Executive Development Education Centre DEC in Enugu State Cecilia Asogwa has called for more participation in politics and governance through deliberate legislation for the overall development of society. Asogwa who made this call at the 34th Annual Convention of Development Education Centre stated DEC would study the manifestoes of political parties, especially those that have given opportunities to women to contest for elective positions in their various parties and […]

The Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology. ESUT, Prof. Aloysius Okolie has reiterated the commitment of the present management of ESUT to transforming the University and returning it once more on the global intellectual map. Prof. Okolie who made this known during a press briefing at the University Auditorium stated that the hallmark of the vision and mission of the current management under his watch is […]