The Executive Governor of Rivers State, Nyeson Ezenwo Wike, CON has assured a grant of 500 million Naira to support the development of the new PAMO University of Medical Sciences which is the first Private University in the State.
The Honorable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu last Thursday (15th February 2018) flagged-off the Nigerian Qualifications Framework (NSQF) at the NUC Auditorium.
The Management of the NUC last week (Feb. 11th-15th) held its week long annual retreat at the Oxygen Holiday Resort, Owerri to review its activities over the past year and outline activities to carry out in the current year and map out strategies to effectively achieve its mandate.
The Federal Government has approved the establishment of 6 new Private Universities. The approval was given at the FEC meeting of the 6th of December 2017.
The Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has received the Report of the seven-man Audit Panel inaugurated on May 2, 2017, to audit the utilization of the take-off grants in the 12 New Universities established by the previous administration.
In line with the Commission’s continued efforts to promote research quality and global visibility of academic staff in the Nigerian University System (NUS), the NUC in collaboration with Enago, a US-based organisation is organising Nation-wide Workshops on Academic Publishing for Junior and Middle-career Academics across the NUS