“Our main goal is to get them to graduate so we try to act as their best friend. What do we do to get them to graduate? However, we have identified a number of students struggling academically and they are failing and unable to graduate. Some cannot seem to get over their math course, they keep failing. This is where we come in and try to offer deeper/broader assistance from a more holistic approach. We identify the students that are at academic risk and then work to get them over the hurdle so that they can progress,” said Zivkovic.

However the students also embarked on excursion to MRS Oil and Gas Company Limited, Tin can Island to have a first-hand experience of the operations of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry. The camp was graced with the presence of Mr. Gilbert, a geologist with Exxonmobil Plc, Ms. Ronke Onadeko, Mr. Biyi Awosikun, Mr. Ekundayo, Mrs Beverly Okoye, Engr. Michael Ojuroye, Mr. Kelechukwu Nwakwesi, a geologist from Total. Mr. Ifeanyi Abraham, a Senior Public Relations Officer from eTranzact Nigeria, who spoke on ‘Time Management and setting priorities’, Mrs. Toyin Abumere, a staff of Addax petroleum.

IT was outpouring of encomium for the outgoing Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mrs. Omolara Erogbogbo, as she retires from civil service. The event held at NECA house, Alausa, Lagos, had in attendance the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, who was the chairman of the occasion and representative of the state.

Technical decision-making and priority setting is an integral part of overall development planning and formation of technology development strategies. Above all, technology education is a human right and as such, should receive priority in the allocation of national resources. It has become very necessary not to only keep technology education bound to the role of manufacturing skilled manpower but also to economic development and global economy.

JAMB, whose framework was borrowed from the United States’ Scholastic Aptitude Test, SAT, managed by an outfit in New Jersey, USA, for the admission of intending university/college students into American universities, is a clear example of how the NIGERIAN FACTOR can ruin a programme which had been successful elsewhere in the world. From 1978 till now, we had been playing with glue. Now we are stuck.