Treat part-time lecturers well in turning around ailing Kenyan varsities
Wednesday May 26 2021
By OTIENO PANYA
Supply Chain Management is a dynamic discipline in the ever-changing world of work.
The knowledge and skills that procurement and supply chain professionals require keeps changing as technology advances.
Blockchain technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data management skills are key competencies for supply chain professionals.
Success of a country is attributed to the quality of its human resource. Supply Chain Management is a dynamic discipline in the ever-changing world of work.
The knowledge and skills that procurement and supply chain professionals require keeps changing as technology advances. Blockchain technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data management skills are key competencies for supply chain professionals.
Buhari s Government s Illegal Interference In The Selection Of New Vice Chancellor For University Of Jos
By Usman Masara Kim, Jos Nigeria Listen to article
There is currently an unprecedented political interest in the selection of a new Vice Chancellor for the University of Jos, as the current VC s tenure elapses this June. This University has an interesting history of having been founded by a Southwestern University located over 800kms away, under the carefree watch of many Plateau neighbors.
What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. This was after the then Head of State, Yakubu Gowon failed in his bid for the creation of a satellite campus for Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in Jos.
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Graduands following the proceedings during Kenya Methodist University s 19th graduation ceremony in Meru on October 12, 2019. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]
Vice-chancellors have questioned a move by the Ministry of Education to set up a team to investigate financial challenges facing their institutions, terming it a waste of time.
The VCs argue that the problems facing institutions of higher learning have over the years been adequately deliberated by stakeholders, documented and suggestions made on way forward.
The VCs say their last meeting in Mombasa, which was attended by officials from the National Treasury and Ministry of Education, and MPs drew solid action plans, complete with timelines for implementation.
-Strict announcement from FUTA
(Lanka-e-News-07.May.2021, 4.35 PM) In the name of national security, a bill called Kotalawela National Defense University Bill is to be introduced with the aim of militarizing universities and higher education. Explaining its danger, the Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) calls on all faculty, students, civil society and citizens of the country to oppose it. The full text of that announcement as follows.
Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) Statement on Proposed Kotalawela National Defense University Bill
The Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) notes with grave concern the current moves to resurrect the Kotalawela National Defense University (KNDU) Bill. This Bill was first proposed in 2018 and the Sri Lankan academic community expressed its strong opposition to the bill at the time. The KNDU bill threatens to fundamentally change the state higher education landscape in the country by creating
Cabinet accords financial sanction to HNSS project works
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Nod for Industrial Electronics Policy; disbursement under Rythu Bharosa on May 13
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Nod for Industrial Electronics Policy; disbursement under Rythu Bharosa on May 13
The State Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, has given its nod to the A.P. Industrial Electronics Policy and financial sanction to the Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi Project phases 1 and 2, and administrative and financial sanctions to create infrastructure at the Krishnapatnam Port as a part of the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor.
Minister for Information and Public Relations Perni Venkataramaiah told the media at Velagapudi on Tuesday that the Cabinet also approved the decision to credit ₹4,050 crore directly into the bank accounts of the farmers under the YSR Rythu Bharosa - PM Kisan on May 13.