In the case of primary schools, under no circumstance should any school have more than one headmaster and one vice- headmaster who must teach. What happens is that when you have six principals, all the six don’t teach. That created a huge over head.

The scholarship programme, which is being coordinated by the Ajesola Solarin Majekodunmi Foundation (ASMAF(), will provide enough financial assistance that will cover tuition, accommodation and upkeep of beneficiaries for a period of up to five years, depending on the course, and subject to maintaining satisfactory academic progress.

Crawford University, one of the private universities licensed by the federal government in 2005 and owned by The Apostolic Faith Mission will be holding its first convocation for the conferment of first and honorary degrees and award of prizes on Thursday November 19, 2009.

Public and private secondary schools in the six education districts of Lagos State are already putting their acts together in their bid to emerge victorious in the second edition of the state Internal Revenue essay competition.

Apart from graduands of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos who will be conferred with certificates for having successfully completed their studies both retirees who meritoriously served the first higher institution in Nigeria as well as stakeholders during the forthcoming 26th convocation ceremonies.

Attestation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s love for education came from eminent persons across the world at the Maiden Convocation of Bells University of Technology (BUT), Ota, Ogun State, for the conferment of degrees and presentation of prizes, last Saturday.

The truth is that there is no such money anywhere in this university. I will be very happy by the time the whole issue becomes very clear. Everyone can sit back and think of the enormous damage being caused to the students. I’m sure their own children are also involved. It is very unfortunate that people will tend to stand the truth on the head in the guise of looking for something. As I said, the Accountant-General’s office has come.

To further demonstrate its commitment to education in Nigeria, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), a foremost trade security and facilitation company, has donated amenities and materials worth N6.5million to King’s College, Lagos Island.

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, have two major goals which currently pre-occupy their minds: to lessen the financial burden on government as regards the funding of the first generation university and to make the institution self-reliant by 2012.

Following its emergence as one of the higher institutions in Nigeria benefitting from the Federal Government’s Special Intervention Funds the management of the 100-year-old Federal School of Surveying, Oyo has pledged to take the delivery of digital surveying education to higher level.