Students under the aeigis of Imo Students Association (ISA), Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) chapter, have berated the state Governor, Rochas Okorocha over what they described as delay in the payment of their bursary awards.

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The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) have commenced their joint operation to crack down on illegal degree-awarding institutions in the country. Already, 41 illegal universities have been closed nationwide .

As Nigeria prepares to celebrate yet another Children’s Day on Monday, May 27, there is an increased need for proper management of the country’s resources to ensure that the over 10.5 million out-of-school (OOS) children are absorbed into the school system.

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention and the sole aim of education is to impact one’s community positively and so Rabiu Kabir, Basir Attahiru and Bashir Umar Mato, all students of Dawakin Tofa Science College, Kano seeing the need to make life easier for poultry farmers in their locality, decided to do something. They came up with a local incubator made from locally sourced materials. They spoke with Vanguard Learning recently. Excerpts:

The United Nations Edicational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO has teamed up with Nigeria to tackle the dearth of mathematics and science students by promoting teaching and learning of the subjects at the basic and secondary levels.