The federal government has said it is working with state governments and some development partners to improve the country’s education system by making it more digitally accessible as part of its response to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector.
 
Senior Special Assistant on Education Interventions to President Muhammadu Buhari, Obafela Bank-Olemoh, who disclosed it, said going forward, one of the key areas that Nigerians are going to see a lot of funding from both the federal and state governments towards the education sector, would be in the area of devices. “How do we get cheap and affordable devices into the hands of school students? It’s a key thing that we are working on,” he said.
 
Bank-Olemoh who spoke at MTN Nigeria’s The Revv Programme masterclass on ‘Education without Borders and Boundaries’, said: “The Revv Programme is an initiative from MTN Nigeria to help small businesses rethink and relearn their operations to enable them mitigate against the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic using a four-pronged approach that includes master classes, access to market, productivity tools support and advisory initiatives…
 
More details through:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/03/fg-to-provide-affordable-learning-devices-for-students/
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The long-standing friendly relations between Nigeria and Australia are billed to be accorded an official seal in April in Abuja when both countries are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the merit scholarship scheme administered by the Australian Government.
 
The document is expected to provide a special scholarship package for Nigerian post-graduate students.
The scheme is expected to be implemented this year with the first 200 Nigerian recipients arriving in Australia in December 2020.
 
It is expected that Nigeria’s education minister, Adamu Adamu, and the Australian high commissioner to Nigeria, Claire Ireland, are billed to meet at a round-table in Abuja to sign the MoU…
 
More details through:
https://businessday.ng/education/article/nigeria-australia-to-sign-merit-scholarship-pact-in-april-2020/

The federal government through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tech giant, International Business Machines (IBM) West Africa. The deal is for partnership and collaboration in the area of digital skills development in Nigeria.
 
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, who signed on behalf of the federal government, said the partnership would give impetus to the digital, innovation and entrepreneurship skills of the economic development plan of President Muhammadu Buhari…
 
More details through:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/01/20/fg-ibm-sign-mou-for-digital-skill-development/

London-based Henley Business School has disclosed plan to deepen its presence in Nigeria by leveraging its alumni network comprising over 400 former students.
 
Established in 1945, the University of Reading of business school is ranked 27 among the top 100 best schools in the world. Presently, the school boasts of 80,000 alumni network spread across 160 countries…
 
More details through:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/12/09/henley-business-school-to-deepen-presence-in-nigeria/
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The Korea International Cooperation Agency has invested $8.45m in the construction of an e-government centre on the premises of the Public Service Institute of Nigeria in Abuja.
 
A statement by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy said another $1m was expended on the refurbishment of the centre, which was donated to the Nigerian government for the training of workers.
 
At the inauguration of the centre, the Country Director, KOICA, Woochan Chang, said the unveiling of the e-government centre was historic because it was as a result of the partnership between his government and Nigeria…
 
More details through:
https://punchng.com/korea-invests-9-45m-in-abuja-training-centre/

The United States has said that its universities spend about $9 million on scholarship on Nigerian students as about 13, 000 Nigerian students seek higher education in the US every year.
 
Cultural Affairs Officer of the United States Embassy in Nigeria, Malia V Heroux, said this during events organised to mark 20th annual Education USA College Fair 2019, with the theme: “Solidifying Connections and Exploring New Frontiers,” which held in Abuja on Wednesday.
 
She said, “the 9 million dollars are from US universities because the US government does not do scholarship but individual US universities do.”…
 
More details through:
https://businessday.ng/news/article/us-universities-invest-9m-on-nigerians-students/

The Federal Government is seeking the collaboration of the Indian Government to boost Nigeria’s skill acquisition centres to enhance job creation across the country.
 
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who spoke when he received the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria,  Abhay Thakur, said the partnership would go a long way in resuscitating the over 500 skill acquisition centres across the country…
 
More details through:
http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-india-to-resuscitate-over-500-skill-centres/
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The federal Government has commenced a process for the implementation of a partnership strategy that will help establish digital education institute and provision of smart learning classrooms across the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, disclosed this in a statement released by her media assistant, Desmond Utomwen in Abuja recently…

​More details through:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/16/fg-partners-chinese-firm-on-smart-classrooms-digital-education/

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, yesterday, disclosed that its decision to sponsor Nigerians to Germany, France and China was aimed at deepening capacity in the Nigerian petroleum industry…
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More details through:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/ptdf-to-deepen-capacity-sponsors-nigerians-to-germany-france-china/