{"id":298,"date":"2022-01-27T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=298"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:55:33","slug":"senate-passes-bill-to-empower-colleges-of-education-to-award-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/senate-passes-bill-to-empower-colleges-of-education-to-award-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Passes Bill to Empower Colleges of Education to Award Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Senate on Tuesday 25th January, 2022 passed a bill to amend the Federal Colleges of Education Act of 1998.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Senate.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"299\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Senate.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?attachment_id=299\" class=\"wp-image-299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Senate.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Senate-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Senate-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Senate-640x427.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The Senate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">According to a statement signed by the Special Assistant (Press)&nbsp;to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, the passage of the bill titled, \u201c<strong><em>A Bill for an Act to Repeal the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 1998<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em>\u201d In the statement, the bill passage followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said Senator Sandy Onuh, who presented the report on behalf of the Chairman, Ahmad Babba Kaita, said the core objective of the bill was to provide a legislative framework to support the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the lawmaker, it also seeks to re-enact the Federal Colleges of Education to allow for the running of degree courses under the supervision of the National University Commission (NUC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his words, \u201cHitherto, most colleges in Nigeria offered degree programmes in affiliation with some universities in Nigeria, to nurture career teachers with a view to augmenting shortfall of teachers and to meet learning, research, instructional and teaching needs of the prospective students in Nigeria and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, this framework enables the colleges of education in Nigeria, to offer Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), First Degree (B.sc\/B.A) and similar certification in the area of its core subjects on both full-time and part-time basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the legislation would be a lasting solution to the yearning of the Nigerian people in the area of Teacher Education within the context of the overall national educational development agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate on Tuesday 25th January, 2022 passed a bill to amend the Federal Colleges of Education Act of 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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