By Archibong Jeremiah The National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited 15 courses in Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State. The accreditation status was communicated to the first private university in Cross River State in a letter dated 19 March, 2020. Thirteen (13) courses received full accreditation status while two others got interim. The Vice
The University of Calabar (fondly called UNICAL) was first established as the Calabar campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). It was in 1975 that the Federal Military Government announced Unical as a full-fledged academic institution. On that note, the university started operating as an autonomous institution without affiliation to UNN. Unical is ranked
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian Following Federal Government’s directives, the Cross River State Government has shelved its plans of partial resumption of schools in the state on Monday, June 16, 2020. Governor Ben Ayade and Commissioner for Education, Godwin Amanke had last week announced that experimental resumption of schools would commence on June 16 and
By Odey Ojeka The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has lost a Senior Lecturer, Dr. Georgina Ekama Okoli. Dr. Okoli until her death was a teacher in the department of Guidance and Counseling, faculty of education. “She passed away after a brief illness,” says her husband, Pastor Okoli. Maintaining that “the burial details will be made public
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper All public schools in Cross River State will resume June 16 as the State Government plans a special protective measures for children and others. So far the State remains the only State in the county without the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and poised to maintain that standard, the State Government is braising
By Mary Ugbodaga, The Cable The Cross River Government says students in the State should not expect the usual long vacation when schools reopen. Godwin Amanke, Commissioner for Quality Education, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday. According to him, before the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 outbreak, 70 percent of schools
If education is expensive, ignorance is still more costly… P. B. de La Bruère – 1903 All around continental Africa, most of the countries appear to be in a state of uncertainty as there seems to be some form of identity crisis following the inability to properly define nationalist goals and holistic approaches to achieving
By Archibong Jeremiah The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has accused the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade of deceit. The party in a press release say they suspect a fraudulent move by the decision to convert the Cross River State Properties Limited (CROSPIL) estate, State Housing to Construction and Fabrication Academy. See