The minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has commended TETFund’s efforts towards the development of tertiary education in Nigeria.
He gave the commendation at the inauguration of TETFund sponsored, published, specialized higher education textbooks and TETFund guidelines on institution based research, in Abuja on Thursday.
Shekarau lauded the National Book Development Fund Intervention by TETFund to address dearth of quality books and reading materials in educational institutions.
He said this will encourage the production and consumption of locally produced books and journals.
“I want to thank the members of the Technical Advisory Group, who are in charge of facilitating the implementation of the book development fund.
“Their effort under the supervision and sponsorship of TETFund has made it possible for us to convert 20 manuscripts into specialised higher education textbooks.’’
Shekarau said that he was happy that TETFund had continued to provide sponsorship for Institution-based research (IBR) from 2009 to date.
He said that N5 billion has been allocated to public universities in the country to encourage institution based research.
According to him, 70 per cent of the allocated funds are still not accessed adding that the trend is not acceptable and does not show seriousness on the part of stakeholders.
“Research work remains the cardinal objective of any tertiary institution world over. Out of the allocation of N10 billion to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education for IBR, N7.8 billion is yet to be accessed.
“I want to urge the managers of our tertiary institutions to seize the opportunity presented by the launching of the TETFund guidelines to expedite efforts at accessing these funds.
Shekarau urged TETFund to ensure that the objectives of setting up the national research fund and the national book development were actualised.
Responding, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Mr Sulieman Bogoro, said the fund was doing everything possible to ensure that tertiary institutions were well equipped and up to standard.
Bogoro said that the fund received fewer complaints from tertiary institutions in the past four years in the area of infrastructure.
“TETFund has been able to upgrade and build more structures in all tertiary institutions in the country.’’
He also urged lecturers to come up with good research materials, as funds were available for anyone with good research proposals.
He added that the fund will continue to intervene in all tertiary institutions and fund more researches in the future.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Musa Babayo, said TETfund had done so much to restore, rehabilitate and consolidate the education sector through different intervention models.
Babayo said that models such as the provision of infrastructure, capacity building, funding of educational research and other areas of education had added value to knowledge.
He said that the board’s staff and management of TETfund would key into the developmental agenda of government in moving the education sector to higher grounds.
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He gave the commendation at the inauguration of TETFund sponsored, published, specialized higher education textbooks and TETFund guidelines on institution based research, in Abuja on Thursday.
Shekarau lauded the National Book Development Fund Intervention by TETFund to address dearth of quality books and reading materials in educational institutions.
He said this will encourage the production and consumption of locally produced books and journals.
“I want to thank the members of the Technical Advisory Group, who are in charge of facilitating the implementation of the book development fund.
“Their effort under the supervision and sponsorship of TETFund has made it possible for us to convert 20 manuscripts into specialised higher education textbooks.’’
Shekarau said that he was happy that TETFund had continued to provide sponsorship for Institution-based research (IBR) from 2009 to date.
He said that N5 billion has been allocated to public universities in the country to encourage institution based research.
According to him, 70 per cent of the allocated funds are still not accessed adding that the trend is not acceptable and does not show seriousness on the part of stakeholders.
“Research work remains the cardinal objective of any tertiary institution world over. Out of the allocation of N10 billion to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education for IBR, N7.8 billion is yet to be accessed.
“I want to urge the managers of our tertiary institutions to seize the opportunity presented by the launching of the TETFund guidelines to expedite efforts at accessing these funds.
Shekarau urged TETFund to ensure that the objectives of setting up the national research fund and the national book development were actualised.
Responding, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Mr Sulieman Bogoro, said the fund was doing everything possible to ensure that tertiary institutions were well equipped and up to standard.
Bogoro said that the fund received fewer complaints from tertiary institutions in the past four years in the area of infrastructure.
“TETFund has been able to upgrade and build more structures in all tertiary institutions in the country.’’
He also urged lecturers to come up with good research materials, as funds were available for anyone with good research proposals.
He added that the fund will continue to intervene in all tertiary institutions and fund more researches in the future.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Musa Babayo, said TETfund had done so much to restore, rehabilitate and consolidate the education sector through different intervention models.
Babayo said that models such as the provision of infrastructure, capacity building, funding of educational research and other areas of education had added value to knowledge.
He said that the board’s staff and management of TETfund would key into the developmental agenda of government in moving the education sector to higher grounds.
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