Prof. Bappa-Aliyu Muhammadu, Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), has again been named one of the three winners of the 2019 Campus Safety Leadership Impact Award by the Independent Award Committee of Exam Ethics Marshals International. The other two are Prof. Ndowa Lale, Vice Chancellor, University of Port-Harcourt and Prof. Eno Ibanga, Vice Chancellor, of Akwa-Ibom State University. The NCCE Executive Secretary bagged the Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development and implementation of Policies that enhanced relative peace and harmony in the Colleges of Education sub-sector of tertiary education in Nigeria.

The award committee also cited his support and contributions, as Executive Secretary of NCCE, to ongoing efforts to develop early warning toolkit for early identification of warning signs of Cultism in Primary and Secondary Schools by Teachers. The knowledge, when eventually infused into the NCE Minimum Standards undergoing review currently will empowers Teachers and School administrators to initiate early preventive and precautionary actions that detect and possibly minimize the dangerous spread of cultism in Primary and Secondary Schools. The award was presented to the winners on Thursday 12th December, 2019 at the climax of the National Consultative Conference of Education Leaders on combating Campus cultism and sex-for-grades held from 9th to 13th December, 2019. NCCE family congratulates the Executive Secretary for this noble Award. Dr. Amy B. Panyi (Shalagwa) received the Award on behalf of the Executive Secretary who was unavoidably absent due to other demanding functions.