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The National Film
Institute, University of Jos, and University of Lagos have emerged
joint beneficiaries of the World Bank/Federal Ministry of Education,
Science, and Technology Education Post Basic (STEP-B) Project.

The three
recipients were informed of their selection as centres of excellence in
the multimedia technology and cinematography category via a letter from
M. Adikwu, national coordinator of the STEP-B project.

Consequently, the
trio are eligible to access funds from the project, an intervention
with the overall goal of increasing Nigeria’s competitiveness in the
areas of science and technology.

Specific objectives
of the project include improving the quality, enhancing equitable
access to, and relevance of Science and Technology education in federal
institutions.

Apart from being
able to draw from the money, the institutions will participate in a
series of training programmes to ensure a smooth take off of the
project.

The honour is the latest coming the way of the National Film Institute (NFI), established in 1995.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) recently approved its
affiliation to the University of Jos, while its first set of graduates
were mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps programme this
year.