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Why Babcock High School was founded – Principal

Why Babcock High School was founded – Principal

The Principal of Babcock University High School and Education Director of South West Nigeria Conference of seventh day Adventist church, Elder Timothy Adetayo has said that Babcock University High School was not founded to make money but to prepare young men and women for service to God and man and also for eternity.

School proprietor blames govt, parents for mass failure

School proprietor blames govt, parents for mass failure

A SCHOOL proprietor, Mr. Jacob Okupevi has blamed the falling standard of education in the country on the failure of successive governments, parents and the Media to address the problems in the education sector with the desired attention.

George Weah earns University Degree

George Weah earns University Degree

To shame critics who question his lack of formal education, Liberia George Weah and FIFA 1995 World Best Player, has graduated with honours from the Devry University in United States of America.

We don’t discriminate in admission – UNN Don

We don’t discriminate in admission – UNN Don

Dr Emmanuel Igbo, a Professor of criminology at the University of Nigeria and a major stakeholder in Imo State in this interview with Godwin Oritse said that the expectations of the people of the state are very high and called on the new Governor of the state to ensure that the grass people are carried along in the process of governance.

Swaziland to build its first school of medicine

Swaziland to build its first school of medicine

Forty-Three years after independence, The kingdom of Swaziland will soon have its first medical school .The country achieved independence on 6th September 1968, after four years of limited self-government under King Sobhuza. The private medical institution is being set up by South Korean investors.

Ajimobi cuts tertiary fees by 50 per cent

Ajimobi cuts tertiary fees by 50 per cent

IN order to fulfill his electioneering campaign of cutting down school fees to affordable level, Governor Abiola Ajimobi yesterday ordered a 50 per cent reduction in the last increase in tuition fees of tertiary institutions in the state.

ASTYMIN to reward best pupils in Primary six

ASTYMIN to reward best pupils in Primary six

ASTYMIN, a brand of Fidson Pharmaceutical Plc which has been part of several quiz and essay competitions in our country for the past ten years has come up again with an initiative of rewarding the best pupils in Primary 6 from both public and private schools.

ETF pins success to staff commitment

ETF pins success to staff commitment

THE Executive Secretary, Education Trust Fund, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has attributed the success recorded by the funds so far in the areas of provision of facilities and building of infrastructure across the nation’s institutions of learning to the commitment of the members of the staff to deliver on the mandate of the agency.

Public school student emerges national Maths champion

Public school student emerges national Maths champion

In what seemed a rare departure from what had been happening in recent past, the winner of the senior category in the 2011 Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition came from a public school.

MTNF renews sponsorship of MUSON Music Scholars

MTNF renews sponsorship of MUSON Music Scholars

THE MTN Foundation funding of MUSON Music Scholars programme which started in 2006 received a boost recently as it announced the renewal of sponsorship for the next five years.

Parents, teachers urged to build synergy

Parents, teachers urged to build synergy

The Chief Executive Officer/Managing Consultant, Standard Mandate International, Mr Nelson Ayodele has said that for students to reach their desired goals, there must be dynamics of synergy between the home and the school that will create a level play ground for the children to thrive in their academic pursuits.

NB commissions Obele Primary School

NB commissions Obele Primary School

Obele Primary School, Lawanson Road, Surulere, renovated at the cost of about N30 million by Nigerian Breweries Plc, has been commissioned amidst huge excitement by children , teachers and parents.

CSS Senior Boys thrash CSS Alumni

CSS Senior Boys thrash CSS Alumni

Corona Secondary Schools (CSS) Senior Boys thrashed CSS Alumni five goals to three in a football match between the duo teams held at the school’s football field Ikoyi on Saturday.

We are committed to quality education – Bamigbetan

We are committed to quality education – Bamigbetan

Honorable Kehinde Bamigbetan is the chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, a community adjudged the most populous in Lagos state. Almost three years since assumption in office, the soft spoken journalist-cum- politician told Albert Akpor that his administration place high premium on quality education by providing the necessary aids to learning; which he says, is organic to nation building.