Events of the Week 7th to 13th Oct. 2019
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The North East has the worse education indices in the country. It has the lowest enrollment rates, the lowest completion rates and yet the worse teacher-student ratio. The region’s performance in the NECO and WASC as well as JAMB has been at the bottom of the national ranking. Consequently, it has the least number of admissions to tertiary institutions. By the same token, it has the least number of graduates per population in the country.
This poor educational performance is partly responsible for also the high youth unemployment situation in the region. It is also implicated in the worse poverty incidence in the country.
Both unemployment and poverty are key factors in the growth and flourishing of the Boko Haram Insurgency which has devastated the region, making the situation worse. Social infrastructure such as schools, markets, factories, etc have been destroyed. As a result, more youth have been thrown out of employment. Many people have lost their means of livelihood. Both of these have increased poverty and unemployment. School enrollment has further deteriorated due to long close of schools, destruction of education facilities and the killings of both teachers and students by the insurgents. The abduction of students, particularly the female student of Chibok, has brought a set back in girl child education as both parents and children fear about more abductions.
Given this,it is imperative that a multi-pronged strategy is needed to reboot and accelerate the educational progress and development of the region. As part of this effort, CITAD in collaboration with  Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola (MAUTECH)  is organizing the first North East Books and Education Conference and Exhibition (NEBECE).
Goal
Contribute to reviving education in the region
Objectives
Forms and Format
The North East Books and Education Conference and Exhibition (NEBECE) will hold for three days and will consist of the following complimentary events and activities:
Conference Theme
The theme of the conference is Education in the Northeast in the Context of Reconstruction, Rebuilding and Resettlement in the Region
Conference Sub-themes
The sub-themes of the conference:
Conference Structure
The conference will consist of plenary, parallel sessions and flying shop sessions. A side of the Opening session, there would be five other plenary sessions, two on each date. Together these plenary sessions will allow the lead paper in each sub themes be presented at the plenary while other papers would feature at the parallel panels.The flying shopping sessions will have state and other agencies show case their work. However, instead of them making presentation to at either panel or plenary session each showcase presenters will stay in one place and a small group of say 10-15 at the time would be his/her shop and listen to the presentation for 10 minutes and move to the next showcase and each group will go round as many showcase stands as possible.
Key Note
Mal Adamu Adamu, Ministry of Education
Lead Presentation
It is proposed that lead presentations would come from the following:
Participants
Organizing Partners
Supporting Organizations
Host State
Adamawa State
Participation
Members of the public, especially education policy makers, scholars and policy administrators, publishers, books distributors and others are cordially invited to participate. For more information contact the Organizing Chairman, Committee either by phone (08064867312) or by email (nebece@citad.org). You can also visit the conference site (www.nebece.ng).
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) in partnership with the Modibbo Adamawa University of Technology, Yola is, as part of the first North East Books and Education Conference and Exhibition (NEBECE), organizing a three-day the Northeast Books and ICT Exhibition. The objectives of the exhibition are:
Participants at the both the exhibition and conference include:
Exhibition Dates: 20-22, November, 2019
Exhibition Site: Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State
Exhibition Stand Fee: Twenty Thousand Naira (N20, 000.00) per stand
Registration
All interested publishers, ICT companies, books distributors, booksellers, bookshops, libraries, books collectors, etc are invited to register at online at www.nebece.ng . For more information, contact the Secretary, Exhibition Committee, either phone (08064867312) or by email (nebece@citad.org).
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) in partnership the Modibbo Adamawa University of Technology, Yola is, as part of the first North East Books and Education Conference and Exhibition (NEBECE), organizing a three-day Conference on Revamping Education in the North East. The objective of the conference is to interrogate educational development in the region with a view to coming out with recommendations on how myriad of problem bedeviling the sector in the region can be addressed.
The conference envisages two key outcomes, a policy brief and an edited book out of a selection of some of the presentations. This is an invitation to for interested academics to submit papers for presentation at the conference
Conference Dates: 20-22, November, 2019
Conference Host: Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State
Conference Theme: Education in the Northeast in the Context of Reconstruction, Rebuilding and Resettlement in the Region
Sub themes
The sub-themes of the conference:
Submission
Interested scholars and policy administrators interested in making presentation should submit an abstract of not more than 300 words, indicating the specific sub-theme under which they will make their contributions. Such abstracts should be sent to nebece@citad.org on or before 21st, October, 2019. Authors of accepted abstracts would be informed by October 30, 2019.
For more information contact the Chairman, Conference Committee, Prof Amina Kaidal either phone (08064867312) or by email (nebece@citad.org). You can also visit the conference site (www.nebece.ng).