The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Architect Sonny Echono, last Tuesday said the Fund has earmarked N1 billion for hostels construction in 12 institutions under its 2024 intervention cycle.
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono has indicated that TETFund has commenced the conduct of a National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian universities.
The Federal Government on10 May, 2022, commenced the disbursement of 2022 direct intervention funds to Public Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.
The NUC, last Monday, defended the Commission and Federal universities as well as the three Inter-University Centres IUCs 2022 budget estimates proposal
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an increase in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund National Research Fund from 3.5 billion naira to 7.5 billion naira for the year 2020.