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University Press plc (UPPLC) is Nigeria's largest indigenous book publisher. It was founded as the Nigerian branch of the British Oxford University Press [1] in 1949 with the name Oxford University Press (OUP), Nigeria. At incorporation [2] as a public liability company in 1978, the company's name was changed to University Press Limited. [3]
A university press is an academic publishing house affiliated with an institution of higher learning that specializes in the publication of monographs and scholarly journals. This article outlines notable presses of this type, arranged by country; where appropriate, the page also specifies the academic institution that each press is affiliated ...
The history of university education in Nigeria can be traced to the Elliot Commission of 1943, [55] which culminated in the establishment of University College, Ibadan in 1948. [ 56 ] Five of these universities were established between 1948 and 1965, following the recommendation of the Ashby Commission set up by the British Colonial Government ...
(ed.) Nigerian women and development. Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan University Press, 1988. Bibliographical survey of sources for early Yoruba language and literature studies, 1820–1970. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 2001. A break in the silence : a historical note on Lt. Colonel Victor Adebukunola Banjo. Ibadan: Spectrum Books Ltd, 2001.
The Pitt Building at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England was built in 1833 and is home of Cambridge University Press, the world's oldest university press. [1] A university press is an academic publishing house specializing in monographs and scholarly journals.
Note that NUC (Nigeria University Commission) has expressed strong recommendation to upgrade passing scores in Nigeria universities to 45 which by implication would phase out 40 as pass mark for undergraduate studies. Additionally, to discontinue awarding degrees below 3rd class (if all universities ultimately comply).
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]
Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993), was a Nigerian author who has been called the mother of modern African Literature. [1] She was the forerunner to a generation of African women writers, and the first African woman novelist to be published in the English language in Britain.