UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching
By Chinedu Adonu The Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has begun equipping its academics and students with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to improve research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic administration. The initiative was the major outcome of a two-day Train-the-Trainers Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Academia Productivity,” organised by […]
World Book Day thoughts on education
IN 2010 our NECO (National Examinations Council) National Average was said to be 2.8%; in other words, over 97% failure. This was a national disaster of course, though not as far as government was concerned.
Education excellence: PGA unveils The Students’ Fortress in 99 schools
No fewer than 4000 students from 99 secondary schools from District I, covering Agege, Alimosho and Ifako-Ijaye Local Government, stormed the Agege Stadium, Lagos to witness the unveiling of the Students’ Fortress Club’in the schools.
Dons warn varsities on using mercenaries for accreditation
Lagos – Two academics on Wednesday warned Nigerian universities to desist from engaging `academic’ mercenaries during accreditation of their programmes. The academics, Prof. Muhammed Ladan and Prof. John Olorunmaiye, gave the warning in separate interviews win Lagos. They spoke on the sidelines of a Quality Assurance Retreat, organised by the Lagos State University, Ojo. Ladan […]
80% fail NECO, WAEC, JAMB over dearth of reading culture — Ignite Africa
Dearth of reading culture and absence of equipped libraries have been identified as the two causative agents in the rate of failure in WASSCE, NECO and JAMB among our youths.
Pains, gains of CBT, PPT
As the House of Representatives moved the motion on the need for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to revert to Paper Pencil Test, it is imperative as stakeholders to recapitulate the pains and gains of Computer Based Test, CBT and Paper Pencil Test, PPT.
