Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife Mission statement says it all. To create a teaching and learning community for imparting appropriate skills, knowledge, behaviour and attitude

As Yaba College of Technology held its matriculation ceremony recently for the 1,800 students admitted into various programmes of study in the 2010/1011 academic session, there was indication that the Federal Government would soon convert the college to university.

Students and CyberCafe operators are complaining bitterly over the uneasiness to register for their exams. Speaking with Mr. Johnson Olusola, Proprietor of Divine Brain Land Academy located at Oludande Street, Ota Ogun State said, “ Biometric is the latest JAMB security strategy that demand students to thumbprint before beginning their registrations. These machines bought for the sum of eighteen thousand naria directly from JAMB office, so we are hoping that this will contribute positively to success of the exam and put a stop to mal-practices

As the voters registration exercise is coming to an end with schools re-opening on January 30, 2011, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, Education Minister, State, has advised Vcs, Provosts and Rectors of tertiary institutions to allow their students to go home and register now because there won’t be movement in April during election. He spoke in this interview with Vanguard

Considering the enormous responsibility of imparting knowledge on people particularly, on young children, teachers are suppose to be the highest salary earners in the country.

ONE of the three main reasons why General (Dr) Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s longest serving military head of state came to deliver the 2nd personality Lecture of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) on Friday, January 21, 2011, was to “share experience on a specific subject matter — education – that has the capacity to advance or derail the Nigerian dream, depending on how it is handled.” The occasion was also the celebration of second year Founder’s Day of ABUAD.

Against the calls of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Staff Unions like the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) as well as the numerous protests, demonstrations and agitations by stakeholders in the education sector for the government to increase funding to education up to UNESCO recommended standard of 26% as a step towards the provision of a free and functional education at all levels, President Jonathan and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have prepared a budget that totally relegates education to the background while allocating a larger unmerited chunk to the Presidency and the National Assembly.

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced plans to employ over 500 new teachers into the state civil service who are specialised in five core subject areas.

The strike by the lecturers at Lagos State University(LASU) has been called off on the 5th of January,2011. The students are back on campus with a lot of activities, which they thought wasn’t going to hold anymore because of the strike, like the examination, elections, etc.

“The quality of a university depends critically upon the quality of its average (human) product. The higher the quality of the average and the closer the average is to the best, the higher is the effectiveness score.”

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan in his speech to delegates at the PDP presidential primary in Abuja last Thursday before picking the party’s ticket for the April 2011 election saying his administration will ensure equity in the establishment of educational institutions, whereby every state will get a federal university has been described as a political gimmick.

AFTER a three-month strike by staff of tertiary institutions in Lagos State to press for implementation of the signed 2009 Federal Government/Academic Staff Union of Universities Agreement, the government and tertiary unions reached an accord on the eve of new year (December 31, 2010) which suspended the industrial action, with the four tertiary institutions now re-opened.

Against the calls of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Staff Unions like the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) as well as the numerous protests, demonstrations and agitations by stakeholders in the education sector for the government to increase funding to education up to UNESCO recommended standard of 26% as a step towards the provision of a free and functional education at all levels, President Jonathan and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have prepared a budget that totally relegates education to the background while allocating a larger unmerited chunk to the Presidency and the National Assembly.

In its bid to contribute her quota towards a total overhauling and restructuring of the education system in Nigeria, University of Berkley, Michigan, USA in Nigeria recently held her first international graduation ceremony for the conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degrees of University of Berkley, Michigan, USA .

Government of Finland has urged Nigerian government to provide free and equal access to education to all her citizens if the country must achieve its aim of becoming one of the twenty most developed countries of the world.