Advocacy Newsletter: Safe Schools Declaration in Nigeria 2020
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS In the today’s world, schools and universities have been bombed, destroyed or burned, and children, students, teachers and academics have been killed, maimed, abducted or arbitrarily detained. Available evidence in Nigeria suggests that challenges to safety and security of schools and learners are peculiar natural and man-made factors that hinder access to education. […]
List of Tetfund Research and Development (R&D) Standing Committee 2020
S/N Name & Designation Specialization Contact 1 Emeritus Prof. N. M. Gadzama, FAS Former VC, Univ. of Maiduguri (Chairman) Zoology & Entomology 08035764568 njiddagadzama@gmail.com 2 Engr. Mansur Ahmed President, MAN (Vice Chairman) Mechanical / Industrial Eng. & Admin 08033143403 Mansur.ahmed48@gmail.com 3 Prof. Femi Odekunle Prof. of Criminology / Member, PACAC (Vice Chairman) Sociology & Criminology […]
Implementation Guidelines for National Policy on Science and Technology Education 2019
FOREWORD Since 1842 when the nation incorporated science into its education curricula, which before then had placed undue emphasis on literacy and numeracy, the country has been without a national policy to specifically direct and propel science and technical education. Given the critical importance of science and the acquisition of technical and vocational skills as […]
National Policy on Science and Technology Education 2018
INTRODUCTION Preamble Science and Technology Education (S&TE) Policy of Nigeria lays out policy direction as to how Science and Technology would be taught (pedagogy) and assessed, the pre-service and in-service education of teachers of Science and Technology. teacher demand and supply, provision of science infrastructure such as laboratories, workshops, equipment, textbooks and other resources in […]
Nigeria Digest of Education Statistics 2019
Forward The growth and development of any nation depends on the skills of the workforce which in turn is a necessary reflection of the quality of Education system. The need for the progress and improvement in the Education sector cannot be underscored. Absence of accurate and reliable data collection has been a major challenge in […]
Nigerian University System Statistical Digest 2019
Preface It gives me great pleasure to present, on behalf of the National Universities Commission (NUC), the 3rd Edition of the NUC Nigerian University System (NUS) Statistical Digest of data on University education in Nigeria. This is the third in the series since NUC re-started collecting, collating and publishing statistics of Nigerian Universities from 2017. […]
National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Technological advancements have resulted in a variety of breakthroughs, a preponderance of which has been evident over the past decades by the growth of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the evolution of the Internet. These ICT and Internet-driven developments are actualised in almost all facets of life and the ensuing transformations have […]
National Policy on Safety, Security and Violence-Free Schools With Its Implementing Guidelines 2021
SECTION 1 ABOUT THE POLICY 1.0 Introduction Schools are important to nation building; the school represents a space where learners are comprehensively educated and developed. This development, however, can be guaranteed only if learning takes place in a safe and secure environment. Therefore, a holistic school safety and security plan is critical to ensure that […]
Nigerian University System Rankings 2021
Brief History In September 2001, Nigeria, through the National Universities Commission (NUC), initiated steps towards a national ranking of its universities. This turned out to be the first of such rankings in Africa. There were three major drivers for this effort. The first was a desire among the population to know more about the relative […]
FME Journal: The Need for Safey, Security and Violence Free School 2021
The threat posed by insecurity to Nigeria’s unity and socio-economic development are real and extant. Recently, insurgents, terrorists and criminal gangs seem to have developed a certain attraction to the education sector. Consequently, despite the global outrage and condemnation of the kidnap of 276 school girls in Chibok, Bornu state in 2014, attacks on schools […]