The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has announced its decision to outsource polytechnic accreditation to private consultants—a move that has already drawn criticism from the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and other stakeholders in Nigeria’s technical education sector.…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address its various demands. ASUP’s National President, Shammah Kpanja, issued the ultimatum while addressing journalists at the end of its National Executive Council…
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Zone A has urged the Federal Government to establish a National Polytechnic Commission to oversee all polytechnics in Nigeria. The appeal was made by Abdulaziz Ibrahim Badaru, Zonal…
The National Board for Technical Education has introduced a Mandatory Skills Qualification as a graduation requirement for all newly reviewed National Diploma and Higher National Diploma curricula. The board said the introduction is in line with global trends, especially as…
Many students of Lagos City Polytechnic are expected to enroll for the Diploma Programme of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), following tips on the array of opportunities for professionals in the securities market, offered by the Institute’s first Vice President,…
The four abducted students of the Kogi State Polytechnic and their driver have been set free by their abductors. The victims were kidnapped on the Akunnu-Ajowa Road in the Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State last week when…
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria has reiterated its resolve to strengthen banking and finance education in the country through the injection of professionalism into the teaching and learning of the course. The CIBN Bankers Hall was commissioned at…
By Ozo Ray Awka The Federal Cooperative College Oji River, Enugu State, will in no distant time metamorphose into Federal Cooperative Polytechnic as robust discussions and deliberations are currently ongoing in the National Assembly to ensure the renaming of the…
The Students Union of Government (SUG), Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has frowned at the hike in the prices of commodities on campus by vendors and canteen operators. The SUG warned canteen operators to desist from selling food above the SUG…
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says the recent appointment of Rectors for six new Federal Polytechnics is a violation of the provision of the Federal Polytechnics (Amendment) Act, 2019. Mr Anderson Ezeibe, the National president of ASUP said…
