“It’s an inconvenient truth that we would like to have a really good vocational education system, but we don’t want to pay for it. Employers don’t want to pay directly for their training and the government doesn’t want to pay adequately their share of the cost.”

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Cuts in jobs and courses at polytechs are “unprecedented … nightmare”

Job and course cuts across the polytechnic sector are a nightmare, says the Tertiary Education Union. The union estimates that about 300 jobs are under threat at eight of the 16 institutions, with ...

House of Reps Moves to Upgrade Polytechnics to Degree-Awarding Institutions: The House of Representatives has advanced a bill that seeks to transform Nigeria’s polytechnics into degree-awarding institutions, passing it for a second reading. The bill, sponsored by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Faud Laguda, aims to amend the Federal Polytechnics Act of 2024. If enacted, the National… https://creebhills.com/2025/03/house-of-reps-moves-to-upgrade-polytechnics?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NigeriaEducation #Polytechnics #DegreeAwardingInstitutions #HouseOfReps #EducationReform
House of Reps Moves to Upgrade Polytechnics to Degree-Awarding Institutions

The House of Representatives has advanced a bill that seeks to transform Nigeria’s polytechnics into degree-awarding institutions, passing it for a second

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> ... ignoring ecology and betting on resource depleting monocultures, technobioology has taken huge steps backward from our most advanced scientific thinking.   

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The Culture of Corn Farming: Two Paradigms

I’ve been posting recently as a corn farmer.  I recently gave a presentation on “An Iowa Corn Farmers view of the World Food Crisis.”  That was my

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