The Federal government has expressed worry over the poor ranking of Nigerian institutions among the weakest in the world by the World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, describing it as a wake-up call

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Workers of the Ondo state government-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, in Ondo state, have commenced an indefinite strike action over alleged unpaid salary arrears of about 11 months, by the authorities of the institution. The workers said they were being owed salaries of December 2016, January 2017 and January to […]

By Adesina Wahab As part of the activities marking this year’s International Customer Service Week, the Quality Assurance/SERVICOM Unit of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has recognised outstanding students, staff and faculties in the area of service delivery in the institution. The event, which held at the Tayo Aderinokun Hall, saw 17 staff, students and […]

By Adesina Wahab Few months ago, Dr Margee Ensign was reappointed as the President/Vice Chancellor of the American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola, Adamawa State after her first stint that ended seven years ago. In this interview, she speaks on developments in the education sector and what her focus would be this time around. This […]

Prof. Haladu Bayero, Dean, Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has recommended the overhaul of the Nigerian teacher education curriculum and the model of its implementation to align it with the technology needed in 21st century teaching and learning. Bayero made the recommendation in a lead paper entitled “Preparing in-service and pre-service teachers for […]

Prof. Florence Obi,  Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, has approved the implementation of Intelligent Digital Identity System (IDID) and the production of biometric-based intelligent identity cards, in order to have digital profiles of students of the institution. This was announced in a statement by the Registrar of the university, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and issued to […]

The Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, weekend, appointed Chairman/CEO of Stanel Group, Dr Stanley Uzochukwu, Founder, President and Chairman, Coscharis Group, Dr Cosmas Maduka, Chairman Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Dr ABC Orjiakor, Chairman of Chisco Group, Dr Chidi Anyaegbu, MFR, as members, Board of Directors of UNIZIK Business School

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on the Federal and some state governments to pay outstanding arrears of the minimum wage to its members as contained in the Memorandum of Action (MoA). The union also frowned at the delays in the release of the approved N15 billion Revitalisation Fund, non-payment of salaries […]

Kwara State has been rated first among its equals in the north-central states based on the approach is adopted for the ongoing school infrastructural development, said the National APC Media on Thursday.

THE Department of English, University of Lagos and the JP Clark family will hold the first JP Clark memorial from Monday, October 11-13, 2021. This 3-day event tagged ‘The First JP Clark Memorial’ in honour of the late poet and dramatist. The memorial will host Clark’s friend and literary soulmate Prof. Wole Soyinka who will […]

Human Development Initiatives, HDI Nigeria, a non- governmental organisation working to ensure accountability and transparency in the utilization of Universal Basic Education Funds, UBEF, particularly in Lagos State, on Wednesday advised the government of Lagos State to address Policy gaps in school enrolment

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja THE National Commission for Mass literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, NMEC, Thursday, said Nigeria has 38% non-literate adult population. The revelation came just as the country is faced with an estimated 6.9 million out-of-school children. Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Akpama Simon Ibor, who made the revelation at the 2021 […]

The National Homegrown School Feeding Programme has recommenced in Kaduna State, with 730,000 pupils benefiting. The programmer’s Focal Person in the state, Saude Atoyebi made this known while speaking at the event marking the commencement of the programme at Research Model Primary School Kawo, Kaduna, on Wednesday. Atoyebi disclosed that over 7,000 cooks were employed […]

A Nigerian Teacher, Dr Peter Ogudoro, has won an award by Facebook as one of the world’s amazing virtual community managers for developing a “most helpful and engaged educators’ platform called Nigerian Teachers’’. This is contained in a media release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the platform, Nigerian Teachers. The […]

By Paul Olayemi The Delta State government had said it will renovate St Malachy Government Primary School in Sapele, Delta state, and get the children back to class as soon as possible. The school roof was removed weeks back by unknown persons over land ownership issue hereby exposing the pupils to harsh weather conditions outside. […]