The Tertiary Education Trust, TET, Fund have distributed textbooks to public federal and state colleges of education in the country.
The textbooks, total of 2,253 were written by scholars of the Nigerian Academy of Education.
The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, on Thursday, said TETFund would continue to support the production of vital text books for use in public tertiary institutions.
He made this statement at the book distribution during the 25th Conference of the Nigerian Academy of Education in Abuja.
According to Echono “TETFund is proud to associate with the mother of all academics, the Nigerian Academy of education has been at the forefront of pursuing the dissemination, spread of knowledge, development of skill and the holding of it amongst our children, and for generations they have been doing this”.
The TETFund boss noted that books are an important asset for a country’s growth and catalyst for mental growth and social integration.
“Books are the bedrock of all learning whether in digital or hard format, books play a very important role as reference materials for scholars, students and all who seek knowledge.”
