King’s College Concession: FG, Labour agree 2-week review
The Minister gave an “ironclad assurance” that no staff of King’s College would be victimised through retrenchment, posting or demotion
Varsities talk: Continuous denial will not help our universities (2)
I was in Uyo two weeks ago when an NTA news item brought me up short. Unfortunately, there was no writing material around to record the name of the official in one of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education who was being interviewed. Apparently, officials in the Ministry and its agencies had been invited to Aso Rock to brief the President about the education sector. The President had asked them why Nigerian universities had such low ratings among African and global universities. What startled me was the reply reported to have been given to Buhari
Education 2015: One step forward, two steps backward
WITH a couple of hours to 2016, we at Vanguard Learning bring you a collection of stories that shaped 2015.
N492,034bn education budget: Tagged ‘A Budget of Transition and Hope’ the immediate past Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, presented to the National Assembly the N4.3 trillion 2015 budget.
Mobile learning, future of education, says IT expert
An information technology firm, SoftCom Solutions Limited, has introduced a mobile learning programme for undergraduates of the newly-established university, Mountain Top University. The mobile learning programme, which was developed in conjunction with Samsung Business, is a revolutionary portable mobile device bundled with EduSocial apps that allows students access course materials, lecture notes, case studies and university libraries via their mobile devices.
70.67% fail English, Maths in Nov/Dec WASSCE
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC has on Friday in Lagos released the statistics of candidates who passed English Language and Mathematics in theNovember/December 2015 WASSCE results.
Breaking: WAEC releases Nov/Dec WASSCE results, conceals Maths, English
” In addition, 146,253 candidates, representing 61.67% obtained credits and above in 4 subjects, while 175,718 candidates, representing 74.09% obtained credits and above in 3 subjects. A total of 200,304 candidates (84.46%) obtained credits and above in 2 subjects.” He further pointed out that of the 237,154 candidates who sat the examination, the Council recorded 124,512 male and 112,642 female candidates. This number, according to him, included 37 visually challenged candidates.
