Nigeria faces a myriad of problems in her educational sector. Some of these problems are over-crowding in schools, reduced quality of staff, inadequate facilities in school and above all, the problem of developing an academic standard that will develop pupils who are at par with their counterparts globally.

THE announcement concerning the change of policy was made by Mr Soji Eniade, the state’s Head of Service. In addition, “pupils in secondary schools in the state would start paying N3,000 per session.” Oyo is the first, but will not be the last state, even in the old Western Region to jettison the long-held pretense to free education. Soon, states paying for JAMB and UMTE will also pass the buck to the parents.

Former Commissioner for Education, Rivers State, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi, has urged students to leverage on the technology available to them by acquiring more knowledge, noting that many students’ are not measuring up computer has called for support former The African Futuretrust Model United Nations,TAFMUN adding that it will revamp ailing education sector of Nigeria.

ABUJA – Worried by incessant mass failure of candidates in examinations in Nigeria, West African Examination Council, WAEC, has challenged the Federal Government to review the nation’s education policy to create a comparable standard among the 36 states. The Regional Head of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Charles Egurudi stated this in Abuja while speaking to journalists on conduct of WAEC examinations in Nigeria and international practice of test on students.

IT is widely believed that education is the best legacy parents can bequeath to their children. Thus, in nations like the US, Sweden and the Philippines, education is compulsory to a certain level for citizens. For many parents in developing countries who know the importance of education, though poor and uneducated, they can sell their property or go a borrowing to pay their children’s school fees.

The impact of continued decline in the international oil price has dragged down growth indices in the Nigerian economy in the second quarter, 2015. According to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released yesterday, Gross Domestic Product, GDP, expanded 2.35 percent on an annual basis, compared with 3.96 percent a quarter earlier. Quarter on quarter, real GDP increased by 2.57 percent.

Egypt has withdrawn its men’s Under-23 team and women’s senior team from the 2015 African Games, which will be held from 6-18 September in Brazzaville. The rules state that the Organising Committee could replace a team with the opponent it eliminated. However, Senegal (Women) and Burundi (Men) decided not to take up a spot because of the short notice period. It means both the men’s and women’s competition will have one group of three teams and one group of four.

By 2050, Nigeria, currently the seventh most populous country in the world, will rise to the fourth spot with an estimated 397 million people, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), a Washington-based organisation that informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment has said.

The nominees for appointment into the Governing Board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, forwarded to the state House of Assembly by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa have been confirmed by the state legislature.

There was a mild drama in the premises of Evbuoriaria Magistrate’s Court, Benin, yesterday, as soldiers stormed the court and freed four suspects brought for arraignment by officials of the Edo State War Against Indiscipline, WAI.