The recent appointment of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as Minister of Education has attracted mixed feelings from stakeholders in the sector. While some stakeholders are busy outlining the key areas in the sector where the Minister of Education should focus her attention on for ratification, others are querying the rationale behind her selection insisting that there are more qualified hands to take charge as Minister of Education.

Seventy-four best students in both Junior and Senior categories from each state of the federation and Federal Capital Territory sat for the second and final stage examination of the Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC) held last Saturday April 17, 2010 at the Lagos Airport Hotel.

Westminster College, Lagos, one of the top secondary schools in the country, is in partnership with 20 overseas universities that will give direct admission to students for courses of their choice on successful completion of the university foundation programme at the college.

The N40 billion which the Katsina State government pumped into the education sector in the last two years has led to enrolment increase at both primary and secondary school levels.

The recent poor performance of the nation in football and other sporting activities has been blamed on neglect of the grass-root by those in authority.