THE Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqqayyattu Ahmed Rufa'i, Friday, disclosed that not less than twelve Federal and state Polytechnics in the country, have so far received the sum of N1billion each from the Tertiary Education High Impact Fund initiated by the Federal Government, saying that the fund was initiated with a view to strengthen the running of Polytechnics in the country.
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She recalled that in 2012, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund granted a total of N9.3billion to Polytechnics and Monotechnics, adding that lecturers in the Polytechnics are also benefiting from staff development programmes which according to her is geared towards producing more lecturers with doctorate degrees.
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She disclosed this during commissioning of the Philipa Idogho campus, Federal polytechnic Auchi, Edo state.