Minister of Education: JAMB Admission Policy May be Reviewed

The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau,has revealed that the Federal Government may review the current JAMB admission policy.

According to him, this is to ensure that more number of candidates are admitted into Colleges of Education as the nation needs more teachers.

“Only the dregs of candidates who sit for UTME annually and fail to gain admission into universities are left for the Colleges.”

“It is hoped that a policy will be developed to guarantee the Colleges enough students to be admitted, “he said.

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Shekarau - Era of Strike in Nigeria Education Sector is Coming to an End

The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has announced that the issues of Strike affecting the Nigerian Education would soon be at an end. He made this announcement in Lagos during the the impact assessment tour of Federal Government-owned institutions in Nigeria.
 
According to the minister, the tour became necessary as part of efforts to gain first hand information on the challenges facing individual campuses and the progress made by them, because pictures and documents forwarded to his office could be deceptive.

The minister however stressed that his mandate upon his appointment as the ministry’s substantive minister in July was to ensure the stability of the sector, and that the resolution of the then prolonged ASUP COEASU strike less than 24 hours after he resumed office was a clear pointer to his commitment to fulfil that mandate.
He further added that part of the measures to nip strikes in the bud was his commitment to ensure the dignity of teaching service in Nigeria through adequate welfare packages, training and retraining of teachers at all levels, provision of conducive teaching and learning environment, amongst others.

He said these are targeted towards achieving the two fundamental objectives of the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan in the education sector, which he listed as increasing access and improving qualities.

The Minister later made visit calls to the University of Lagos where he inspected the different series of projects going on there. Before he visited the Federal College of Education (Technical) where he commisioned two major projects and the Yaba College of Technology.

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Minister of Education Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau Launches Nigeria Education Website

The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday in Abuja inaugurated the Nigeria Education Website: www.nigeria-education.org designed in collaboration with the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

 
Shekarau said that the website would make access to education information easy and enhance the quality of teaching and learning in Nigeria. Represented by Dr MacJohn Nwaobiala, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, the minister said that the website was a timely tool in gathering and making information available to planners and researchers.

”I anticipate that this valuable new resource will inform and contribute to the important work that we are all doing in securing improved access to quality education in Nigeria. Our future success is not only based on the quality of our education system but also on the ability to generate information about it.

”It is, therefore, noteworthy that the website covers information on diverse areas of education, including access, gender, governance, quality, and specifically, teachers.”

He appealed to practitioners in the sector to make appropriate use of the facility to enrich their work. The minister also urged all government agencies to make appropriate use of the site to facilitate the achievement of their objectives.

Source: NGscholars

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Nyesom Wike: Minister of Education, Resigns from Office

The minister of education Nyesom Wike has resigned his position alongside six other ministers.

It was learnt that this was a necessary for them to pursue their political ambitions in view of the 2015 general election.


The ministers, whose departure had long been expected, will contest gubernatorial elections in their respective states.

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Supervising Minister of Education Tasks Schools on Security

Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday, tasked all educational institutions across the country to improve on security around their premises, in liaison with relevant security agencies, to avoid the condemnable targeting of schools by terrorists.

This came on a day the National Orientation Agency, NOA, rallied relevant stakeholders to raise security alert among the primary and secondary schools’ students in the nation’s capital.

The Minister stated this in Abuja while condemning the terrorist attack on the School of Hygiene in Kano State.
He described the terrorist attack as a cowardly attempt to create fear in the minds of Nigerian youth and children who are willing to enroll in educational institutions to improve their lives through acquisition of knowledge.

He assured Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of Education would continue to work towards the creation of the right, secured environment for the advancement of education at all levels.

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Minister of Education Nyesom Wike Resign to Pursue Governorship

Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, has reportedly tendered his letter of resignation to President Goodluck Jonathan. It is believed that he has resigned to pursue his ambitions for governorship of Rivers State once the incumbent, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi’s tenure expires.

The minister is said to have briefed the president of his intention to contest in the 2015 Rivers state governorship election. He has reportedly gotten President Jonathan’s approval to contest.

The resignation is expected to take effect from April 1, 2014. His resignation will be announced next week, on Wednesday during the Federal Executive (FEC) meeting.

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Federal Government proposes 5-years jail term for exams Malpractises

The latest information reaching us reveals that The Federal Government (FG) has challenged the newly inaugurated nominees to the board of West African Examination Council (WAEC) to end the menace of examination malpractices and ensure integrity of WAEC certificate.

The F.G also proposed stiffer penalties for persons involved in examination malpractice, including a fine of two hundred thousand, (N200,000.00) or five(5) years jail terms for all forms of malpractices in WAEC examinations.

Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, spoke on Thursday in Abuja, while inaugurating the governing councils and boards of four parastatals under Federal Ministry of Education.

“With regard to the nominees to the board of WAEC, my charge to you is simple: you must continue to ensure that the integrity of WAEC and its examinations is not compromised under any circumstances,” he said.

The boards and councils inaugurated were the that of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN); National Institute of Education Planners and Administrators (NIEPA); the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and the National Committee of the West African Examinations Council (Nigeria) WAEC.

Wike assured members of the board that the Federal Government remained committed to meeting all its obligations to WAEC.

He urged members of the council and boards of parastatals being inaugurated to bring their wealth of experience to bear on the effective administrative of the institutions.

He reminded them that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan considered education as a critical factor in the attainment of national development.
Source: Vanguard Newspaper.

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