Today, Vanguard Education weekly focuses on Miss Esther Uzokife another sixteen year old girl in Harrobs College, Ketu, Lagos who scored two hundred and eighty four (284) in the UTME where a total of 201,798 students scored below 170.

As part of its efforts at giving back to the society, the alumni association of Nigerian students in Ashton University , United Kingdom has donated 375 books worth over N22.5 million to Ikoyi club.

The issues giving rise to poor students academic performance in Nigeria tertiary institutions of learning, particularly in the private university, were trashed out last week at the Western Delta University , Oghara, Delta State at the occasion of “Parents Consultative Forum”, a programme organized by the authority of the institution to intimate parents on the performances of their children in the school. The forum also brain stormed on possible solutions to students poor performances in the institution.

FORMER Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and founder, African Refugee Foundation, AREF, Chief Segun Olusola has stressed the need for an immediate review of the nation’s educational system in order to address the decay in the sector.

Eighteen senior secondary schools selected from the six geo-political zones of the country based on outstanding WAEC/NECO performance are to participate in the maiden National High Schools Quiz Championship (NHSQC). Both private and public schools are involved in the competition termed as “The Champs.”

In a bid to curb the rate of unemployment among youth in the country, the National Association of Business Administration and Management, NABAMS, Lagos City Polytechnic, has disclosed that the association is doing everything possible to inculcate in the students the need to become great entrepreneurs as well as job creators instead of job seekers.

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Students In Free Enterprise, SIFE, has introduced a platform to enable Nigerian youths contribute towards the realization of the Vision 20:2020.

About 28 million, representing 42 per cent of the total number of primary school age children in the •. world who are not enrolled in school live in poor countries affected by conflicts. Thirty-five countries were affected by armed conflict from 1999 to 2008.

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and founder, African Refugee Foundation, AREF, Chief Segun Olusola has stressed the need for an immediate review of the nation’s educational system in order to address the decay in the sector.

Laureates College, the high brow secondary school at Aviation Estate, off Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Lagos last weekend honoured seasoned actress, Ms Joke Silva at a colourful graduation ceremony at the College Hall.

It was jubilation galore on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at Darman Model College Lagos,as the school held her 8th valedictory ceremony for 2010/2011 junior and senior graduands.

As information plays an important role in business and economic development by being the source of knowledge, education and human capital, FasTrack International School has made Information Communication Technology (ICT), topmost subject in its curriculum.

Westerfield College, Lagos held its first graduation ceremony for the 2010/2011 academic year turning out students in the International University Foundation programme going to pursue various degree courses in Hertfordshire University, UK.

The teachers, staff and management of Loral International Schools have been commended for their efforts and consistence in the quality of knowledge they impact on their students.

The Principal of Wellspring College, Ikeja, (one in the group of institutions owned by Management Science Centre) Mrs Oluwayemisi Oloriade has advocated that civic education should not be solely attributed to the school system.