Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami has stressed the need to prioritise the deployment of emerging technologies to promote the country’s education sector.
Pantami made this known in Abuja when he received the management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND led by the Executive Secretary, Sunday Echono on a working visit.
The Minister stated that the deployment of blockchain technology in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions will help preserve data integrity and promote efficiency in the administration of certificates, transcripts, and records among others.
The TETFUND team visit was also to explore collaboration with the Ministry in the areas of Internet for Education; Broadband Penetration; Subsidies Data for Educational Contents; Data Hosting; Digitalization of Thesis, Certificates and Facilitation of Hybrid Education.
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