Polytechnics

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Education VIEWPOINT

NBTE to polytechnics: Focus on skills over paper qualifications

Akanji Philip November 22, 2024 0 Comment

The National Board for Technical Education has called on polytechnics nationwide to prioritise equipping students with practical skills, emphasising the need to shift away from an over-reliance on paper qualifications. This call was...

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Education

Tinubu okays exit of public universities, polytechnics from IPPIS

VAM News December 13, 2023 0 Comment

President Bola Tinubu has given a nod for public universities captured in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, to exit the payment platform. The Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, disclosed the...

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National

FG Disburses N320.3bn to Varsities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education

VAM News April 5, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320,345,040, 835, as the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention fund for public tertiary education institutions in the country, notably, Universities, Polytechnics and...

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Education

FG Orders Closure Of Polytechnics, Colleges Over Polls

VAM News February 12, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update In preparation for the 2023 general elections, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has ordered the closure of all polytechnics and allied institutions in the country. Adamu ordered...

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Local News

FG stops Polytechnics, Monotechnics from awarding degree certificates

VAM News December 21, 2022 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA THE Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnics and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. The National Board for Technical Education conveyed the government’s decision to heads of the affected institutions...

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Education

TETfund Approves Disbursement Of N292.7 Billion To Tertiary Institutions

VAM News August 25, 2021 0 Comment

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has approved the sum of N292.7 billion for disbursement to select public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. Executive Secretary of...

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Education

ASUP suspends strike

VAM News June 9, 2021 0 Comment

Lecturers in the nations’ Polytechnics and Monotechnics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), have suspended their 65 day old industrial action. The suspension of the Industrial action will come...