Education Minister Unveils 50 Textbooks by Nigerian Authors, Commends TETFund Kuni Tyessi in Abuja The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, yesterday unveiled 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors under the spon
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, yesterday unveiled 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors under the sponsorship of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund .
Adamu was represented by Goodluck Nanah Opiah, the minister of State for Education, adding: “Over time, Nigeria’s tertiary education institutions became dependent on books published outside the country with the attendant consequences of the herculean processes and unfavourable foreign exchange rate. The minister, who commended TETFund for the publications, challenged the agency and authors to also produce books in the indigenous languages, saying: “I also charge TETFund and the academia to go beyond publishing in the English Language to promoting authorship in our local languages in lineAlso speaking, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities , Emmanuel Osodeke, who described TETFund as the brainchild of the union, lavished praise on the agency for transforming the country’s...
While decrying the poor attitude of some big companies and wealthy Nigerians on the payment of education tax, Osodeke said there was need to reposition and expand the education tax net to bring more resources to the tertiary education institutions.
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