Nigeria: Science and Technology Education Funds meeting opens

The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, opened the Inaugural Meeting of the Nigerian Science and Technology Education Funds Mobilizing Committee at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 16 May 2006. Nigeria’s Education Minister, Chinwe Nora Obaji, also attended. In his speech, Mr Matsuura called all education planners and teachers to actively engage in promoting interest in science among youth, especially girls.