Master Delight Okeke, a pupil from Holy Ghost International School Umudioka, Awka, Anambra State emerged as the victor at the recently concluded 3rd Annual Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh Spelling Bee Competition. The competiton held in Awka witnessed spirited participation from 120 students representing 23 private and public primary schools across the state. Addressing the gathering, chairman
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FG commissions N2.8bn six TETfund projects in UNIZIK
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated six TETFund-sponsored projects worth N2.8 billion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. Inaugurating the projects, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Kalu, said the structures would enhance teaching, learning and improvement of academic standards in the university. The projects include lecture halls, faculty building for social
Read more80 professors jostling for VC seat shameful – Ex-Minister
Former Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo has described as shameful and embarrassing craze by academic professors to occupy the position of the Vice Chancellor of Nigerian universities. He lamented that it was both alarming and embarrassing having over 80 professors applying to be Vice Chancellor of one university even as most of them were
Read moreWe need delivery packs to establish ourselves after graduation – Nursing students beg Soludo
Students of Anambra State College of Nursing Sciences (ASCONS) Department of Midwifery, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State have raised the alarm over insufficient classrooms and accommodation problems facing the institution. They also appealed to State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo intervene as well as empower graduating student midwives with delivery packs to
Read moreStakeholders seek inclusion of human trafficking in schools curriculum
Developers of educational curriculum in the country have been urged to incorporate trafficking in persons into the school curriculum. This is to keep children of school age adequately abreast of the antics and techniques of the traffickers and to encourage them to join the fight against the monster. Stakeholders made the call in Awka, Anambra
Read morePrincipal sabotaging Soludo’s free education policy risks sack – Chuma-Udeh
Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh says dismissal awaits any school principal who sabotages Anambra State Government’s Free Education policy. Announcing the suspension of the Principal of Metu Memorial Secondary School Onitsha, Dr. Fidelia Ogili, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh stated that the principal was asked to step down for going against the Free Education
Read moreFed Cooperative College Oji River’s Tuition Fees Less Than N50,000 – Provost
In contrast to exorbitant fees occasioned by hike in tuition fees coupled with incessant strike actions in public tertiary institutions, the Federal Cooperative College Oji River Enugu State has said that her tuition fee is less than N50,000 per academic session. The Provost of the College, Dr. Owan Obodoagu Tonica, who spoke through the admissions
Read moreVC Esimone commissions projects as UNIZIK holds 17th convocation
The Vice-Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka, Anambra, Prof. Charles Esimone, will on Thursday, December 7, 2023, commission completed projects at Nnewi, Neni and Agulu. The VC will also commission completed projects at Awka Campus on Friday, December 8 2023. The projects commissioning, according to a statement by the Public Relations Unit of the institution, are part
Read moreVarsity Don, stakeholders task students on hardwork, mentorship
Stakeholders in the education sector have charged students to be hardworking, resilient and embrace mentorship in order to explore opportunities the future held for them. Speaking during an induction/award presentation ceremony by Ifitedunu Students Association, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Chapter, the stakeholders reasoned that students must uphold hardwork to be in charge of their future.
Read moreProfessors, clerics, others eulogize Ojukwu varsity’s VC, Prof Nwakoby
Management, staff and students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State have celebrated their Vice Chancellor, Professor Greg Nwakoby, describing his five years in office as unprecedented. The stakeholders eulogized the VC during VC Day which featured book presentation and titled, “Greg Nwakoby, the journey of a legacy of enduring transformation 2018-2023” chronicled
Read moreUNIZIK launches Africa’s first varsity-based bamboo research, entrepreneurship devt institute
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State conjunction with International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), the Federal Ministry of Environment and a Non-Governmental Organization, Sustainable TransEnvironment International Foundation (STEi Foundation); has inaugurated the first university-based Bamboo Research and Entrepreneurship Development Institute (SIBRED) to service 16 African countries. The occasion, which held at UNIZIK where the
Read moreHow Tonica Transformed Federal Cooperative College Oji River
The Dean of Student Affairs of the Federal Cooperative College Oji River Enugu State, Mr. Monday Negbe, says the college is currently a credible and veritable alternative for Nigerians seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in the country. Negbe who emphasized that the college has gone through stages of metamorphosis in infrastructural developments, said the Federal
Read morePrioritize infrastructure, human devt in public schools – Principals urge S’east govs
The South East Zone of the All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools ANCOPSS, has urged Governors of the South East zone to prioritize infrastructure and human development in public schools. South East President of ANCOPSS, Sir Mathew Ikechukwu Uzuegbu stated this at the 2023 South East Mandatory Professional Training program holding at the
Read moreInvolve us in policy making – Private schools owners beg Education Ministry
Association of Private Schools’ Owners has called on Anambra State Ministry of Education to carry its members along in its policy and decision making. Southeast President, Hon Ihuoma Ugochukwu who made the appeal during a courtesy visit to the Ministry, also solicited for assistance in terms of finance, books, palliatives and other interventions. He praised
Read moreNECO: Anambra student emerges overall best female student
An 18-year-old girl, Ifebube Chelsea Benson, from Ndikelionwu, Orumba North Council Area of Anambra State has been named the overall best female candidate in the 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE). The National Examination for High School Students is an annual test that assesses the knowledge and skills of high school students across the
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