Experts in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) took turns for three consecutive days at the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED), Noforija – Epe, Lagos State to instil in the management staff and core academics of the institution ways to access the new dispute management mechanisms in tertiary institutions for peace and progress.

Hope in our education sector came alive at the weekend when Professor Fidelis Oditah gave an antedote to revamping the dwindling sector.

A Nigerian, Professor G. Ugo Nwokeji was last week announced the winner of The 2011 Melville J. Herskovits Book Award in Washington, D.C., United States.

Parents in the country are called upon to ensure that their children receive total education so as to be able to prevail over life challenges.

As you know Nigeria is plagued by absolute and relative lack of electricity depending on where you live. Power outages are the norm rather than the exception even in affluent neighbourhoods. Many institutions can hardly operate fully in Nigeria in part because of erratic electricity supply.

In its effort at improving the reading culture among the populace, especially Youths, the Ogun State Library Board said it would soon introduce automated library services into its operations.

Riding on a burning need to do something tangible for their alma mater, the 2001 students of Federal Government College Odogbolu, recently donated educational materials worth 1.5million Naira to the school to help update her library.

THe 36th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), took place between 25th October and 11th November 2011 in Paris, whereby Nigeria was elected into the Executive Board and the Council of the International Bureau for Education (IBE).

GLO 1 international submarine cable, Africa’s major bandwidth provider, has formally commenced the activation of high speed internet bandwidth connectivity at Babcock, Nigeria’s premier private university campus in Ogun State.

THERE is no end in sight to the long wait for the conversion of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to a university as proposed by the Federal Government.

GRADUATES of American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, have returned home in a collective effort to experience firsthand the transformative power of a great education acquired from an institution linked to an intellectual community that spans the world with strong ties to the United States.

Education is the largest programme of all as UNESCO holds its 36th General Conference (October 25-November 10) in Paris, France, which will determine UNESCO’s work, policies and fix its programmes and budget for 2012-2013.

The President General, Unity Schools Old Students’ Association (USOSA), Mr Albert Okumagba has disclosed that the association would use the 2011 plenary session of its stakeholders to brainstorm, make recommendations and align forces with the Federal Government on how to improve secondary school education in Nigeria.

Jigawa State Government has announced that it requires the sum of over N3.8billion to resourcefully address all the problems it inherited from the past administration.

The Federal Government will this week mobilise contractors for the immediate commencement of almajiri schools across states of the North and selected states of the South.