Education

OYETUNDE Abdul-Wahab breathed his last on Monday, January 13. He was, until then, a final-year student of Education Science at the University of Ilorin and one-time welfare director of his department. But the unusual circumstances…
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In this final part, the report sheds light on the ongoing and completed projects at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, and Federal University Dutse. It also reveals the complications TETFund projects have created…
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Since its establishment eight years ago, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disbursed hundreds of billions of naira to government-owned schools to train teachers and address infrastructural deficits. Kunle ADEBAJO paid visits…
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By Femi Owolabi Story Highlights  School feeding lasted a few weeks in most schools   school enrolment and attendance have dropped There is poor supervision  Government claims it is not aware of any problem with the…
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Even though the school authorities claimed that handouts have been banned in the school and that lecturers can only sell recommended textbooks, an investigation by this newspaper shows that many of the so-called textbooks are without…
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Last month, President Muhammadu Buhari slammed the National Assembly for having little to show for over one trillion naira budgeted for constituency projects of the members in the last 10 years. INNOCENT DURU, who visited sites of some…
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Alfred Olufemi In a recent interview, the spokesperson of Federal Polytechnic Offa, Olayinka Iroye, announced that the school authorities had eradicated all forms of corruption and that no one sells handouts to students no matter the…
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This is the second and concluding part of INNOCENT DURU’s investigation into what public varsities in the South West are doing with the funds received for the implementation of TETFund projects in their respective institutions. The…
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 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is the backbone of infrastructural development, training and equipment procurement in public tertiary institutions.  However, JUSTINA ASISHANA reports that contractors’ failings, poor project…
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There are disturbing signals about how public universities are managing or mismanaging huge sums of money allocated to them annually to execute Tertiary Institution Trust Fund (TETFUND) projects. Investigation revealed that many of the…
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