NYSC opens portal to begin registration for 2018 Batch ‘B’ mobilisation exercise
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has said that it will open its online registration portal for the 2018 Batch ‘B’ mobilisation exercise on Tuesday.
In an advert published in Daily Trust newspaper page 33 of Monday, 9th July 2018 the agency said that all prospective corps members,”i.e Nigerians who have graduated from universities and mono/polytechnics both at home and abroad” to register for the mobilisation exercise between Tuesday, 10th July and 16th July, 2018.”
Kadpoly suspends HOD over academic corruption
Kaduna Polytechnic has suspended a head of department for academic corruption.
The unnamed lecturer is said to have taken money from students and allowed them to have their scripts after examination so as to copy answers from the marking scheme.
KadPoly rector Idris Bugaje disclosed this in interview with Daily Trust correspondent.
Bugaje who took office last October introduced the Policy and Transparency Unit (PTU). The unit he said helps to improve the system on a continuous basis as well as check both academic and financial corruption, which he said has eaten deep into the fabrics of the Polytechnic.
According to him, the unit also checks exam malpractice. “We have discovered a lot of malpractices going in the system. Lecturers including heads of departments collecting money from students and allowing them to have their scripts after examination so as to copy from the marking scheme in order to get an ‘A’. One HOD has already been suspended for that and he is been investigated, his case will go to the governing council very soon,”
Full Article : https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kadpoly-suspends-hod-over-academic-corruption-259963.html
NAUS urges FG to build technology hubs
The National Association of University Students has urged the Federal Government to support entrepreneurship by building technology hubs for graduates and students across the country, where new skills and innovations could be learnt.
The NAUS Chair of Presidents, Solomon Adodo, stated this in Abuja at a press briefing on Friday, noting that the establishment of such technology hubs was an effective way to reduce poverty and unemployment in the country.
Adodo said there must be public-private partnership to drive development in the country, adding that the briefing was also to recognise one of the “country’s most innovative private investors and Managing Director of Jamub Group of Companies, Jacob Momoh.”
Full article : http://punchng.com/naus-urges-fg-to-build-technology-hubs-for-graduates/