Here are the news updates as they were published by the dailies on 3rd November
Vanguard
2023: Obi, finest in terms of education, character, performance, others —Ortom
BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, as the finest standard bearer in terms of education, performance, character, and passion to rescue the country.
Ortom is one of the five Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors seeking the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition for backing the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
To read more visit https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/11/2023-obi-finest-in-terms-of-education-character-performance-others-ortom/
TRIBUNE
FUOYE Gets Approval For Medicine And Surgery
Vice chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Professor Abayomi Fasina, has warned the newly-matriculated students of the institution against cultism, rape, prostitution and examination fraud, saying perpetrators of such nefarious acts will be sent out of the system summarily.
Professor Fasina gave the warning at the matriculation ceremony of the 7,433 new students recently admitted for the 2021/2022 academic session.
To read more visit https://tribuneonlineng.com/fuoye-gets-approval-for-medicine-and-surgery/
C’River Teachers’ Institute Takes Lead In Digital Literacy Hub
THE Teachers’ Continuous Training Institute, TCTI, Biase, Cross River State, has been certified as the first Nigerian public institution to be approved as Certiport Authorized Testing Center (CATC) for validation of over 1,000 skills with global/industry certifications.
The institute was established two years ago by the Cross River government as part of efforts to ensure regular training and retraining of teachers across the country.
To read more visit https://tribuneonlineng.com/criver-teachers-institute-takes-lead-in-digital-literacy-hub/
Pharmacist Donates Five-Classroom Block To Anambra Govt In Memory Of Father
A Nigerian pharmacist, Mr Emeka Okafor, has donated a five-classroom block with a library to the Anambra State government.
Okafor built the block of classrooms in memory of his late father, Mr Emmanuel Okafor.
To read more visit https://tribuneonlineng.com/pharmacist-donates-five-classroom-block-to-anambra-govt-in-memory-of-father/
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Times Higher Education: UNIZIK Would Have Ranked Even Higher —VC
The vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone, has welcomed the recent ranking of the university by the Times Higher Education which placed UNIZIK at 10th position in Nigeria.
However, Esimone said that the institution would have even fared much better had there been the opportunity to present all basic parameters that were required for the ranking.
To read more visit https://tribuneonlineng.com/times-higher-education-unizik-would-have-ranked-even-higher-vc/
PUNCH
Educationist decries poor teachers’ remuneration
The Executive Director, D-Ivy Sixth Form College, Lagos, Dr Oyinlola Ilo, has decried the poor remunerations of teachers, saying the lack of good welfare for educators contributing to brain drain in the sector.
She also raised the alarm over the shortage of professional teachers in the sector, noting that many teachers have moved abroad for greener pastures.
To read more visit https://punchng.com/educationist-decries-poor-teachers-remuneration/
NNN
Sultan tasks Nigerians on brotherhood, nation building
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Nigerians
to promote brotherhood and have a positive attitude to nation building.
Abubakar made the call at the closing of the ninth Sheikh Usmanu Danfodio week organised by Sultanate Council in collaboration with the National Council for Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) and other organisations in Sokoto.
To read more visit https://nnn.ng/sultan-tasks-nigerians-on-brotherhood-nation-building/
FUDMA establishes faculty of Law, begins with 2 programmes
The Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State, says it has established a Faculty of Law and will take off with two undergraduate programmes.
This is contained in the University’s weekly bulletin issued to newsmen on Thursday in Katsina, by the spokesperson of the institution, Mr Habibu Umar-Amin.
To read more visit https://nnn.ng/fudma-establishes-faculty-of-law-begins-with-2-programmes/
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NBTE reviews curriculum of technical colleges to provide relevant skills
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has begun a review of the National Technical Certificate and Advance National Technical Certificate curriculum as part of efforts to reposition technical colleges.
The Executive Secretary of the board, Prof. Idris Bugaje, said at the opening of a workshop in Kaduna on Wednesday, that the goal is to enable the colleges to provide relevant technical skills.
To read more visit https://nnn.ng/nbte-reviews-curriculum-of-technical-colleges-to-provide-relevant-skills/
The Guardian
No darkness is for ever’: can an activist in exile persuade the Taliban to allow teaching on TV?
The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani is looking for ways to build a brighter future for the Afghan women she left behind
Jamila Afghani was settling into her new home in Kitchener, Ontario, when she found out that the Taliban had raided her office back in Afghanistan. Uniformed officers had barged into a counselling service for women in Kabul, accused the staff of running “a ministry of women” and taken one of the employees away for questioning.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/03/jamila-afghani-taliban-education-aurora-prize-women-afghanistan
Bias against working-class and regional accents has not gone away, report finds
The problem of “accent bias” has not gone away in the UK, according to research that says many people with working-class or regional English accents fear their careers might suffer because of how they speak.
Researchers who surveyed thousands of Britons found that young people from the north of England and the Midlands were much more likely to be concerned that their accent would count against them, compared with people from the south of England (other than London).
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2022/nov/03/bias-against-working-class-and-regional-accents-has-not-gone-away-report-finds
Not enough money’: secondary school heads warn MPs of budget woes
Secondary school heads across England are warning MPs of cuts to mental health provision, school trips and essential building repairs because rising costs and energy bills are wrecking their budgets.
Ahead of the government’s autumn statement on 17 November, headteachers are telling local MPs and councillors about their struggles to adjust their budgets to cover unexpected costs of hundreds of thousands of pounds in higher pay and bills.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/03/secondary-school-heads-warn-mps-budget-deficits
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Expand free school meals to combat rise in malnutrition, say health experts
Doctors and nurses have called for a major expansion of free school meals to combat the growing risk of malnutrition, obesity and other health conditions affecting children in low-income families hit by the cost of living crisis.
A letter signed by scores of clinicians and health experts said NHS professionals were seeing the impact of hunger and poor nutrition in their work every day following a recent doubling in food insecurity across the UK.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/03/expand-free-school-meals-to-combat-rise-in-malnutrition-say-health-experts
The SUN
Technical colleges must be reinvented to boost polytechnic education – NBTE
The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof Idris Bugaje, has called for the re-engineering and reinvention of technical colleges across the country in order to boost polytechnic education and increase skills acquisition among Nigerian youths.
Prof Bugaje said it was worrisome that technical colleges, which are supposed to serve as major sources of admission for polytechnics in the country are being abandoned with all the machinery rotting away.
To read more visit https://www.sunnewsonline.com/technical-colleges-must-be-reinvented-to-boost-polytechnic-education-nbte/
Legit
Names of Nigerian Universities That Made It to World’s Best Universities in Subject Ranking
About 10 Nigerian universities have been ranked 48 times in the latest Times Higher Education 2023 Subject Rankings.
The superlative performances cuts across 11 courses which included arts and humanities, education, Law, computer sciences, business and economics.
To read more vist https://www.legit.ng/education/1501371-names-48-nigerian-universities-worlds-universities-subject-ranking/