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  • NAHCO upgrades training centre

    Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) has announced the upgrading of its training centre to a world class International Air Transport Association (IATA) certified learning and development centre.

    The newly designed L&D Centre, according to a statement, has state-of-the-art facilities, such as a syndicate room, main training room, e-learning, e-library, e-centre VIP lounge and a functional website. The centre will help to facilitate online recruitment tests/exams, competencies tests/ assessment.

    The statement further said the centre will offer the industry the much-desired training support, especially in ground handling competencies, through its 34–day intensive training programme in ramp and cargo operations as well as passenger services.

    It will also offer industry standard compliance or mandatory trainings, such as aviation security personnel training, searching and screening techniques, cargo screening, access control, documentation and passenger handling training, among others.

     

  • 35 youths get skills training

    NO fewer than 35 youths in Bori, Rivers State, are to benefit from skill acquisition programmes aimed at reducing unemployment and poverty in the area, Sen. Magnus Abe, said in Bori.

    Abe, who represents Rivers East, said the youths would be trained in manufacturing, welding, fabrication, carpentry, refrigerators and air conditioners repairs as well as joinery.

    Other skills are technical drawing, tender estimation, quantity survey, bricklaying, control and measurement, he said.

    Abe said he initiated the programme to help boost the socio-economic well being of the people.

    He said the programme would equip the beneficiaries with requisite knowledge that would enable them develop business ideas and become useful to themselves and their families.

    According to him, more youths from the district will be recruited for training after the graduation of the present set.

    Abe praised the Rivers State Polytechnic and the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency for their partnership toward empowering youths from the area.

  • Ogu resumes training today

    Ogu resumes training today

    John Ogu has disclosed he will resume training with his Portuguese club on Thursday after he visited a specialist on a knee complaint.

    The Academica de Coimbra midfielder said he was nursing a knock on the knee even before last month’s World Cup qualifier against Kenya, but he is now set to resume training with the rest of the squad.

    “I will resume training tomorrow (Thursday) with the rest of the squad,” Nigeria international Ogu informed MTNFootball.com

    “I am ok…I don’t have any injury. I didn’t train on Tuesday because I went to see a specialist. I am fine and my knees are okay. I had a knock on my knee even before I came for the Kenya game in Calabar. I got back here to consult a specialist to tell me what to do. I visited him yesterday (Tuesday) and I was told I am fine and that it is just a knock.

    “I was on bench against Porto and have been in training until this week. Today (Wednesday) I worked at the gym, rode bicycle and so on.

    “I am fine and will be ready and fit for the upcoming games with the Super Eagles.”

    Ogu told MTNFootball.com he would have played this weekend against Sporting Braga, but the match has now been shifted till next weekend as Braga will face Porto in the Portuguese cup final.

  • UTME: JAMB trains 166 coordinators

    UTME: JAMB trains 166 coordinators

    As part of its efforts to conduct a hitch-free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had a brain-storming meeting with over 166 coordinators for Computer Based Test (CBT) and Paper Pencil Test (PPT) scheduled for April 27 across the nation.

    The coordinators are senior and experienced staff drawn from 190 coordinating institutions of tertiary institutions across the country.

    The meeting was designed to keep the coordinators abreast of 2013 UTME features, its expectation and their roles towards ensuring the success of the examination.

    Declaring the training open, the JAMB Registrar Prof ‘Dibu Ojerinde said it would equip the coordinators with skills to reduce shortcomings in the conduct of the examination and familiarise them with the roles of the coordinators, supervisors, centre coordinators, assistant coordinators, invigilators, technical staff and attendants.

    “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) experience has shown that result blackout, incomplete results and other seemingly problem occur as a result of certain shortcomings often discovered either on the part of the candidate or on the part of other stakeholders right from the stage of registration of candidates to the conduct of the examination. It is against this backdrop that the Board deems it necessary to conduct this training for her examination officials.”

    In his address, the Acting Director, Test Administration Department, Dr Yusuf Lawal commended the Registrar, whom he described as Mr. Innovation, for the various initiatives and achievements recorded since he came on Board as the helmsman.

    “Between 2007 when Prof ‘Dibu Ojerinde was appointed as the Registrar of JAMB and now, we have recorded a number of achievements too numerous to mention but it will not be out of place, because of its direct relevance to our activity of today to recall with some sense of satisfaction that Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde introduced the UTME in 2010, on the heel of this we are here in 2013 celebrating the introduction of Computer Based Test (CBT).”

    He said the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode will be conducted alongside two other modes, that is, Dual Based Test (DBT) and the traditional Paper and Pencil Test (PPT). In the CBT mode, the deployment of question and responses would be on the computer while in the DBT the question will be deployed on the computer while responses would be on Optical Mark Readable (OMR) answer sheets; and the traditional PPT would be presented on paper and the responses will be on (OMR) answer sheets.

    However, from 2015, he said only the CBT mode would be used for the examination.

    “It would be most appropriate to re-emphasize that the transition period from PPT to CBT is three years lasting till 2015 when it is expected that all candidates for the Board’s Matriculation Examination will sit for the test electronically.”

     

  • Training for PTI students

    Training for PTI students

    The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) chapter, has held a free technical, self-development and potential maximisation training for students.

    A senior staff in the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Department of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr Andy Adesuwa, took the participants through the techniques of exploration.

    The president of the association, Jones Umoh, said the training was organised for students to discover their potential. He said the training would help participants to know and appreciate other people’s temperament, and thus enhance job performance when they leave the school system. Jones added that the seminar was the first of its kind in the institute.

    A participant told CAMPUSLIFE the seminar has taught how best to engage a colleague to achieve productivity in his discipline.

     

  • Orji calls for more technical training

    Orji calls for more technical training

    Abia State Governor Theodore Orji has called for concerted efforts to improve technical and vocational skill acquisition in Nigeria.

    Orji made this call in Aba during the graduation of 1,000 youths, who were trained by the Industrial Training Fund Institute (ITF) and National Industrial Skill Development Programme (NISP) on garment manufacturing and Information Communications Technology (ICT).

    Orji, who was represented by the Commissioner for Youth Development, Akujuobi Nkoro, said: “As a largely agrarian economy, which depends on crude oil production , it will be perilous indeed, if we continue to pay lip-service to technical and vocational skill acquisition.”

    The governor called on stakeholders to work to ensure that the graduates were employed or assisted to set up their own businesses through provision of loan facilities.

     

  • NAPE emphasises training of geosciences students

    NAPE emphasises training of geosciences students

    The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has stressed the need for training and retraining of geosciences students to enhance oil and gas exploration in the country and also increase revenue for the government.

    Meanwhile, the University Assistance Programme (UAP) leadership forum has been scheduled to take place between March 15 and 17, this year. It is entitled: “Enhancing skill-based learning and professionalism in geosciences education in Nigeria-industry to academic support and collaboration.”

    Speaking during a briefing in Lagos, the President of the association, George Osahon, said the training would, among other things, improve contact and increase interaction between the oil and gas industry and geosciences departments of universities and polytechnics.

    He said such interaction would provide the assistance that would augment the teaching of earth science in the tertiary institutions.

    Osahon said that as part of efforts to create the needed interaction between the industry operators and geosciences students, NAPE through its UAP, is organising a leadership forum themed ‘Enhancing skill-based learning and professionalism in geosciences education in Nigeria – Industry to academic support and collaboration,’ which will hold this month.

    Osahon said that the association would continue to support the oil and gas industry professionals to offer teaching services to the universities at no cost, adding that the forum has been a major contributor of basic teaching and research equipment and grants to geosciences departments in over 26 universities and four polytechnics offering geosciences programmes in the country.

    The leadership forum, he noted, has in the past years achieved success in identifying and assessing the root causes of the falling standard of education in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. He also said that the association has intensified efforts in complementing the universities in the teaching of specialized courses. Some of NAPE’s corporate members, he said, have responded positively to the objective by offering their staff on full time basis to universities to be part of the academic staff at no cost to the recipient universities.

    He said that NAPE has also put in place a grant-in aid programme that offers financial assistance to promising undergraduates requiring such support adding that the sponsorship which is covered by the grant-in-aid programme is funded by individual members of the group and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).

    This motivation, he noted, would give students the confidence to compete and strive for excellence adding that the mini conference organised by the association is an additional student-oriented programme that would provide the opportunity for building professionals who would showcase their technical skills by presenting papers on petroleum and related subjects.

    Osahon expressed satisfaction with the performance of the students, which has continued to impress prospective employers and called on members of the public to make their own contributions to supporting the students in need of financial assistance.

    The Head, Exploration Assets, Addax Petroleum and the UAP Chairman, Akinrinlola Olafioye, said that the association would not relent in its efforts to exposing the Nigerian geosciences students to compete favourably with their foreign counterparts. “Why we are doing this therefore is to assist in our own little way under the umbrella of NAPE to reach and breach that gap that has been identified. They have not been able to measure up with their colleagues elsewhere in the world,” he added.

     

  • Students get entrepreneurship, ICT training

    Students get entrepreneurship, ICT training

    A firm, Wisdom Computer Technology, in collaboration with National Association of Information Technology Students (NAITS), Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) chapter, has held an Information and Communication Technology summit and entrepreneurship workshop for students.

    Tagged 21 computer secretes that give money in the 21st century, the seminar, held in USB Lecture Hall 3 in the School of Management Technology, was geared towards making students self-reliant and productive after graduation.

    For students to achieve prosperity in the absence of white-collar jobs, Francis Uzor, a guest speaker, said the solution was to embrace entrepreneurship while in school.

    Uzor said information technology was widely acknowledged as jobs dispenser. He urged students to take advantage of abundant human and natural resources in Nigeria to enhance their living standard. He explained that the biggest economies in the world achieved growth through the utilisation and development of small-scale medium enterprises, adding that it was vital for Nigeria to embrace such a concept to enhance its own development in the Information technology (IT) world.

    To address the problem of unemployment in Nigeria, Uzor urged the students to embrace Information Technology, which he said was capable to drive job creation to power the engine of the economy.

    The programme was attended by members of the NAITS executive among who included Christian Esomofor, president and Uche Agomuo, Financial Secretary. The staff adviser of the association, Mr Cosmos Nwakanma also graced the seminar.

     

  • Centre offers online training to students

    A leading computer training institute, Computer Aided Design Centre (CADC) Centre, has extended a hand of fellowship to students and tertiary intuitions in Nigeria to improve their human capacity with the knowledge of computer-based training.

    The centre said it is ready to partner with tertiary institutions on training and other areas of collaboration.

    In line with this, CAD has opened a new centre in Victoria Island, Lagos, to cater for school leavers, undergraduates and fresh graduates. The centre, a franchise training institution from CAD Centre Training Services, India, in collaboration with Riverbank Technologies and Engineering Centre, offers a wide range of courses for professionals in the field of oil and gas, energy and telecoms.

    Managing Director, CAD Centre Training Services, India, Saravanan Karaiadselvan, said the centre boasts of well-equipped classrooms with the latest digital gadgets, computer laboratory, digital library and counselling room, among others.

    Said Karaiadselvan: “We take-off with engineering, and then move on to other non-engineering courses in the second phase – like Interior design, graphics design and fashion design. We understand that companies place high premium on technical skills of graduates of engineering so we will make them employable by giving them the best training by experts.”

    On entry qualifications, he said, “There is something for school leavers with Senior School Certificate Exams (SSCE) from age 17. We call them draftsmen in the industry and they are of different shades such as mechanical draftsmen, civil draftsmen and architecture draftsmen among others. So, the choice is theirs. They can choose what they want to become.”

    Karaiadselvan added that resource persons are a synergy of experts from India and Nigeria. “The truth is that we can’t have all our trainers from abroad. Our job is to create employment for local people and make them employable in this country as well as outside,” he said.

    At the inauguration of the centre in Lagos, Ernest Ndukwe, an engineer and former Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) described the institution as a big boost for aspiring professionals.

    Ndukwe said: “In those days, we decided to set up the Digital Bridge Institute in Abuja to help train manpower and that institution is still running. In fact, I would mention the CAD Centre to the President of the school because there might be some areas of collaboration that can happen between them. I think cooperation with the CAD Centre will do Nigeria a lot of good.”

    “It is very true that many people who come out from universities still need practical knowledge. For instance, as an engineer, I am expected to pick up practical skills few years after graduation either by watching the seniors closely or by being taught. That is very important for the development of an engineer; and once anyone misses that aspect, such person might find it difficult in the future because a foundation is very good.”

     

  • Firm boosts engineering training

    Mechanical/automobile Engineering students of Lagos State University (LASU), Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri and Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, need not seek workshops off campus for practical automobile training thanks to ABC Transport which donated demonstration buses to them.

    Representatives of the three tertiary institutions were presented the buses by Mr Frank Nneji, MD/CEO of the transport company at its headquarters in Lagos.

    Nneji urged the representatives, which included the IMSU Vice-Chancellor and former ASUU President, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie, to ensure that the buses serve the purpose for which they were given, and not for transportation.

    “ABC Transport will hand over three buses to selected tertiary institutions. The beneficiaries are: Lagos State University (LASU), Imo State University (IMSU), and Federal Polytechnic, Nekede. These buses will not be used for transport purposes, but for practical and demonstrations in the automobile/mechanical engineering departments of these schools. ABC Transport believes education is a public service that demands collective trust and responsibility,” he said.

    He expressed hope that the buses would fill the practical gap in the training of automobile/mechanical engineers in tertiary institutions, which he said has been lacking. He added that Nigeria has produced enough graduates since the company has been in business to assemble its own vehicles.

    Appreciating the gesture, Awuzie said the vehicles would assist hands on learning as well as boost accreditation of the programmes, and may ultimately help Nigerian institutions learn to assemble vehicles locally.

    He said: “This is very good. It means the department will have a full vehicle at their disposal which they can dismantle completely and begin to examine the parts. It becomes hands on learning. This is one of the requirements for accreditation. It came very timely. To teach our students before this came, we were getting the components; we might not get the full system. We also took the students to someone’s workshop for practical demonstration.

    “As the MD said, this can be a beginning for us to assemble our own vehicles. This is a trial for us if we are talking about actually achieving technological development.”

    Last year, the firm instituted the ABC Transport National University Scholarship Award which provided scholarships for 12 students from various Nigerian universities.

    At the event, the firm also launched cameras for security surveillance on all new buses it acquires from now.