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U.S Opens Education Center in Calabar

US opens education centre in Calabar
The  United States Mission in Nigeria,has  opened a new EducationUSA Advising Center in Calabar, Cross River State.
The Calabar EducationUSA Advising Center hosted at the American Corner, 37 Ekpo Archibong Street, Calabar will offer accurate, unbiased, and comprehensive information about educational institutions in the United States, as well as guidance to prospective students on how best to access those opportunities.
In his remarks during the opening ceremony, U.S. Mission Counselor for Public Affairs Aruna Amirthanayagam,explained that the new EducationUSA Advising Center presents an opportunity for the youth in local communities in Cross River State and its environs to obtain a world-class education in the United States and then return home to contribute to Nigeria’s economic growth and development.
He added:“We are very pleased to open an EducationUSA Advising Center in Calabar. The center offers a variety of free educational resources, including public information sessions, webinars, one-on-one, cohort advising and hands-on support for completing the U.S. college and university application process”
Speaking,U.S. Consulate Public Affairs Officer,Stephen Ibelli added that EducationUSA Advising Centers in Nigeria assist many determined and talented,indigent students in Nigeria who only require financial resources and access to information to better their educational future.
Ibelli disclosed that applications for the 2021/2022 EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program will open on April 15 until May 31, 2021, adding that applicants are welcome from all the states in Nigeria.
He added:“In 2021, 19 high achieving, low-income students from southern Nigeria received full scholarships totaling $2.17 million to attend American universities and colleges for the 2020/2021 academic session.  This feat was made possible through the Opportunity Funds Program of our EducationUSA Advising Center, with support from Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited”
Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Godwin Amanke, expressed the intent of the state government to partner with the U.S. Mission to expand access to the services of the new EducationUSA Advising Center.
Online Editor by — March 20, 2021 in Education 0
 Don Urges  FG To Invest In Nanotechnology 

LAUTECH Urges FG To Invest In Nanotechnology For National Development – Independent Newspapers Nigeria
 Lateef Agbaje, a Professor of Microbiology and Head, Nanotechnology research group (NANO+) of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), has tasked   Federal Government to invest in  nanotechnology for national development.
Speaking at the 38th inaugural lecture of the institution,the don observed that  dearth of experts, deficiency of curricula in covering materials science and nanotechnology, lack of dedicated funding and national policy on Nanotechnology are impediments to nanotechnology research and development  in the country.
He said  tackling the impediments would enable Nigeria tap into the $714.6 billion bioeconomy contribution of biotechnology to the world’s economy.
Agbaje in his lecture, ‘The next big thing is very small: The paradox of diminutive microbes and nanoparticles’ related the relevance of biotechnology to national development and  underscored the importance of exploitation of biological resources to render goods and services for mankind.
The technology which he categorised into old and modern biotechnologies, he said can be aptly explored for the overall development of the nation, as they have applications in different sectors; ranging from agriculture, medicine, industry, environment, aquatic resources, food and product development.
He stated that although microorganisms consist of the good and the bad; the pathogenic microbes causing diseases in plants and animals are less than 1per cent of the hypothetical one trillion types of microorganisms that exist on the earth.
According to him, the contributions of microorganisms in terms of product formation were estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars. “The estimate of fermented products by microbes was put at $63.371 billion in 2020, which is about twice the Nigeria’s budget for 2021.
“Several of these beneficial microbes, particularly probiotics are responsible for the production of local fermented foods and drinks such as garri, lafun, ogi, nunu, iru, fufu, and palm wine among others,” he stated.
He used the enzymes to produce different metal nanoparticles such as silver, gold, titanium oxide, calcium and silver-gold alloy. His works also involved the fabrication and deployment of specialized vessels called bioreactors for growing microorganisms.
Agbaje disclosed that he has successfully used different microbes to valorize and add values to agrowastes such as cocoa pod, palm kernel cake, plantain peel, cassava peel, kola nut pod and poultry feather to improve their nutritional properties or production of valuable enzymes.
He further stressed the versatilities of microbial resources in the biotechnology agenda of any nation leading to the sub-discipline microbial biotechnology.
Online Editor by — March 10, 2021 in Education 0
JAMB, Tertiary Institutions to Close 2020/2021 Admissions June 15

All admissions into the nation’s tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 academic session will end by June 15, 2021, according to a decision collectively taken at a virtual meeting with heads of tertiary institutions in the country on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and tertiary institutions agreed at the meeting to close admissions for the 2020/2021 academic session by June 15, 2021, JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement yesterday.

The statement said Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede used the meeting to find out the progress tertiary institutions had made on the 2020/21 admissions scale.

It noted that the goal of the interactive meeting was to forestall an endless admission regime generated by the series of disruptions to daily life occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the statement, the meeting would enable the board to put necessary machinery in place for the 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME/DE) registration exercise.

It noted that only 30 per cent of institutions had started admissions into the 2020/2021 Academic Session.

The statement said there was need to collectively decide when to close the 2020/2021 Admission Exercise.

It added that the proposal was for Public Universities to end admissions four weeks ahead of Private Universities, the Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and IEIs.

“After a robust and insightful deliberation, members collectively agreed that all public universities are expected to finish their admissions on or before 15th May, 2021, while the private universities and all IEIs, polytechnics and COEs would complete theirs at the agreed date of June 15, 2021.

“Oloyede reiterated that the chosen deadlines remained sacrosanct and binding on all institutions as the Board would not tolerate any breaches of the collective decision reached at the meeting.

“He said the Board would announce in a week’s time the commencement date for the sale of application documents for the 2021/2022 Academic Session,” the statement said.

Main Admin by — March 1, 2021 in Education 0