President Buhari approves NYSC
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Amendment Act, to allow the institution to operate as all other universities in the country.
With the assent, graduates of the NOUN can now participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School.
Presidential Assistant on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, announced the assent of the President while addressing State House reporters on Friday in Abuja.
Colleges of Education to award first degrees
Barau Jibrin, the senator who led the debate of the bill, moved that the bill be amended to accommodate new provisions – one of which is to allow Federal Colleges of Education award first degrees, like universities.
Although, Colleges of Education currently award Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), Mr Jibrin said the issuance of the new degree would only be on the approval of regulatory agencies governing the institutions.
60m illiterates exist in Nigeria- Minister of Education
Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education on Wednesday in Kano said that Nigeria has about 60 million illiterate youths and adults.
Education Minister Adamu Adamu, who was represented by Mr Prinzo James, Deputy Director, Basic and Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, said this at the 2018 International Literacy Day Celebration. He said out of this figure, females accounted for nearly 60 percent of the population, while a total of 11 million children were out of school. According to him, the increasing low level of literacy skills achieved by the millions of learners who completed some formal school education, made the situation more complicated. Adamu said the present state of affairs called for urgent attention as the country strives to ensure the attainment of SDGs by 2030.