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…As stakeholders laud Echono Every challenge births an opportunity for an organisation to reinvent itself. Like a whirlwind, the COVID-19 pandemic caused massive disruptions around the world and a profound impact on every aspect of life. Like other parts of the world, it also caused disruptions to the education sector in Nigeria as schools were…Every challenge births an opportunity for an organisation to reinvent itself.
Speaking at the unveiling and launching of the platform in Abuja last week, Echono, explained that the platform was a centralized hub for tertiary education services, designed to bring educators, students and the academic community together. The Executive Secretary disclosed that over 215 tertiary institutions have benefitted from TETFund’s interventions in Information Communications Technology since 2016 and that the Blackboard system, which enhances online learning and increases capacity in communication skills has benefitted over two million staff and students of beneficiary institutions with a target of three million end-users before the end of 2023.
With the launch of the platform, industry experts believed the disruptions caused by COVID-19 will never happen again. Stakeholders who spoke at the event applauded the enormous contributions of TETFund under the leadership of Echono, especially in his efforts at complementing the achievements of the ministry. According to them, without the interventions of the Fund, higher institutions in Nigeria would have totally collapsed.
The Secretary, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, commended the TETFund boss for putting in place, the technology, and urged Nigerians with any form of technology that can fill gaps in the education sector and add value to Nigeria’s edu-tech to come forward.
Stakeholders have expressed diverse opinions on the report and recommendations submitted to the President on Tuesday by the presidential committee on tax reform chaired by Taiwo Oyedele. Though they were unanimous in saying that the details of the report are not known to them, they however agreed that the points raised are things that can…
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