By Timothy Omobude
Edo University Iyamho has been enlisted as one of the beneficiaries of this year annual intervention for Nigeria institution by tertiary education trust fund, TETFund.
The executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Elias Bagoro disclosed this recently, he said the approval was granted to the institution’s request by the TETFund Board of Trustees after they visited the university in may.
Prof. Bagori who was represented by Director Strategic Planning and Development Barr. Ifiok Ukim noted that Edo university was enlisted for the intervention base on their antecedent.
Expressing appreciation, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Engr. Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor, thanked the Board of Trustees and management of TETFund for finding the University worthy of enlistment and promised that the University will be a worthy partner.
According to him, "The University hopes to increase its contribution in putting research works in the public domain by ensuring that the intervention from TETFund is adequately deployed to research with a view to finding solutions to the challenges being faced in the country in general and the world at large"
"The university has now joined the league of institutions that will be benefiting from the annual interventions from the TETFund which will enable the university to provide critical infrastructure for its staff and students.
"Enlistment as a beneficiary of TETFund is the approval given to any public tertiary university, polytechnic and college of education to receive annual funding from TETFund for the development of critical infrastructure for teaching and learning, provision of instructional materials, training of academic staff among other interventions" he added.
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