Dr. Samuel Akintunde, the Provost of Adeyemi College of Education in Ondo, has said the Federal Government had allocated N100 billion to boost research activities in tertiary institutions across the country.
At a seminar, tagged: Proposal Writing, at the college, Dr. Akintunde said the money was earmarked by the Federal Government under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) and dedicated as National Research Fund (NRF) with the aims of boosting academic development and enhancing people’s skills in project proposal writing and research activities.
He also added that “The Federal Government is interested in boosting research activities in tertiary institutions and has joined the rest of the world to acknowledge the fact that you cannot improve your society without research".
In his closing remark, he urged teaching and non-teaching staff of the college to constantly work for self-improvement through acquisition of more knowledge.
He added that the college workers could use the opportunity provided by the funds for research from the Federal Government to improve their skills in research proposal writing.
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