Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention and the sole aim of education is to impact one’s community positively and so Rabiu Kabir, Basir Attahiru and Bashir Umar Mato, all students of Dawakin Tofa Science College, Kano seeing the need to make life easier for poultry farmers in their locality, decided to do something. They came up with a local incubator made from locally sourced materials. They spoke with Vanguard Learning recently. Excerpts:

The United Nations Edicational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO has teamed up with Nigeria to tackle the dearth of mathematics and science students by promoting teaching and learning of the subjects at the basic and secondary levels.

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The Vice-Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Professor Saburi Adesanya, has refuted rumours that four students were killed in the recent crisis that rocked the university, saying no student died during the rampage.

Managing Director, Dragnet Solutions, Mr. Robert Ikazoboh, has identified technology as a key element that will bring value and help develop the education sector in the country, particularly in examination administration.

Experts have said that online learning should take the centre stage in West African education as traditional learning structures will not be sufficient to cater for the bustling education needs in the region. This was the fulcrum of the Conference on Campus Automation, eLearning & Faculty Development held in Lagos recently.

As the nation rolls out the drums to celebrate 100 years of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, next year, political communications expert, Prof. Idowu Akanbi Sobowale has charged government, stakeholders and citizens to join hands together in building an egalitarian and peaceful society.

Professor Hope Eghagha is the Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education. He is a renowned educationist and was a lecturer in the English Department in the University of Lagos. In this exclusive interview with the Vanguard Learning, he spoke on variety of issues bordering on the educational system in Nigeria. Excerpts.

Following the Lagos State Commissioner for Education’s reported ban on wearing of hijab by Muslim students in the state’s public schools, Muslim parents have expressed their grievances, saying such is against the practice of Islam.

For students seeking admission into universities, all hope is not lost yet, as representatives of Indian universities have disclosed that Indian government has an education policy to admit 15 per cent African students yearly into their various universities which have 17 million capacity adding that examination is not compulsory.

The 13th One-Day- Governor of Lagos State has emerged at the 2013 Spelling Bee competition held at Alausa, Lagos. The competition was organised in two phases for both primary and secondary school students. There were 52 contestants from 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas.