The committee also called on the agency to ensure that all funds for the Centre of Excellence are disbursed directly to the Centre of Excellence account.
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The minister spoke in Abuja while receiving two out of three reports of TETFund’s ad-hoc committees on Assessment/Review of TETFund Centres of Excellence and Operationalisation of Skills Development Special Intervention. Whether you turn to Premium Times for daily updates, in-depth investigations into pressing national issues, or entertaining trending stories, we value your readership.
He added that all centres that are not performing well should be given a six-month moratorium to persuade them to refocus and achieve their true mandate, after which a revisit will be conducted to determine their status. The committee noted that the Institute of Management and Technology, South-East, is recommended for 2024, with Abia State Polytechnic and Federal Polytechnic, Anambra, suggested for 2025. “While for North-East, Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, and Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, are recommended for 2024, and“For the North-west, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, is suggested for 2024, while Kano State Polytechnic and Sokoto State Polytechnic are recommended for 2025.
He added that the idea was to incubate, have one centre, the right equipment, the right tools, and the right faculty and experts that would lead their efforts in research, and in promoting scholarship at the highest level so that they could also inspire other centres.
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