By Princess-Ekwi Ajide, Abuja
The list of admissions into the 110 unity Colleges across the country, including the Gifted Academy in Suleja, has been released by the Federal Government.
A statement signed the Director Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Benjamin Bem Goong, asked Parents and guardians of pupils who applied for admission into any of the nation’s unity colleges should check for the names of their wards on the Ministry’s website; www.education.gov.ng or at the school they applied.
The statement added that limited vacancies still exist in some unity colleges and admission are on going in those schools where vacancies still exist.
Meanwhile, a statement signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru says the Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with the World Bank in it’s determination to ensure the success of the Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS) Project, has organised a 2-day workshop for Monitoring and Evaluation Officers as well as Innovation Grant Officers holden in Ekiti State.
In a message the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, represented by the Director Technology and Science Education (DTSE), Mrs Elizabeth Adedigba, harped on the importance of monitoring and evaluation towards achieving the required objective of the project.
The Minister, stressed that, the training workshop is an opportunity for Monitoring and Evaluation Officers to build their capacity to effectively implement monitoring and evaluation activities across all the four project components.
The Minister emphasized that the training is meant to achieve the sole aim of strengthening monitoring and evaluation capacity in the management of IDEAS Project.
Earlier in a welcome address, the Ekiti State Commissioner for Education, Dr (Mrs) Kofoworola Adeyire represented by the Chairman Board for Technical and Vocational Education, Ekiti State, Hon Olukayode Babade commended the Federal Ministry of Education and the World Bank for organising the workshop in Ekiti State further commending the World Bank for the recent fund mobilization released to benefitting States and the attendant clearance of the Institutional Development plans of Technical Colleges in Ekiti State.
The statement noted the officers were drawn from the six participating States of Ekiti, Benue, Edo, Abia, Gombe and Kano.
