By Adesina Wahab The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has called on the Federal Government to tackle insecurity and the high inflationary trend in the country, saying Nigerians are groaning in pain from the impacts of the two on their lives. The union stated this in a communique issued at the end of its […]

Some stakeholders in the education sector have expressed the need for parents to allow their children to be emotionally and otherwise mature before rushing them to start primary education or even proceeding to university or other tertiary institutions. In chats with Vanguard at different fora, the stakeholders, including the Lagos State Government, the Nigeria Union […]

By Elizabeth Osayande With 14 per cent pass and 86 per cent failure at the just-concluded 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, divergent views have been expressed by stakeholders as to what led to the poor performance by the candidates. While some said it was a […]

By Elizabeth Osayande The Administrator, Vivian-Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Lagos, Mrs. Olufunke Fowler-Amba, has expressed delight over the students of her school being the only girls among Nigeria’s representatives at the just-concluded Virtual Robotics Competition for Students. The girls are aged between 11 and 15. The students are Harriet Ariyo and Laila Eneche, who […]

THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of appointing five unqualified rectors out of the six polytechnics recently established by the federal government.