Conceived by NUC in partnership with GUCCI-CHIS the NUCDB project has taken off fully at the University of Uyo, University of Lagos, University of Calabar and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, with Delta State University, Abraka, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Orka already set to embrace the new NUC Database system.

At the counselling session attended by the representative of Lagos State First Lady, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, Tutor General and Permanent Secretary, Education, District 3, Director of the Lagos Empowerment and Resource Network (LEARN) an NGO founded by wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Abimbola Fashola, Principal, Vice Principal and teachers, students of the school were taken through detailed information required to guide their decision are career paths in Marketing Law and Computer Science by experienced Etisalat employees in these three specialisations.

Aside the growing number of private schools in Nigeria that have impacted on the education sector, another initiative that is set to drive the sector further is the introduction of a paperless classroom device christened, All Genius Educator (AGE).

Education Minister, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai has said that the Federal Government is specifically addressing the issue of poor performance in NECO and SSCE examination.

The Rector, Gateway Industrial and Petrol Gas Institute, (GIPI) Oni, Ogun State, Engineer Adeyemi Olabode, has said that it is high time stakeholders in education sector rose to the reality that tertiary education especially in sciences without corresponding practical experience in its discipline will not attract national and international attention in a competitive labour market.

Addressing the issue of cultism on campus, the president affirmed that there is no form of cultism in LASPOTECH pointing out that he knows his institution than any other person. He however accepted that there is no institution that does not have gangster, hooligans, rascals and the likes of them but according to Taofeek what makes LASPOTECH stand out is the fact that the rate of deviant behaviours in respect to cultism has been reduced to the barest level even if not to zero level.

National University Commission, NUC, has said that distance learning method of education should not be seen as an adult or part- time education meant for older and busy people but a flexible means of learning for everybody irrespective of age or social status.

The Rector, Times Journalism Institute, an arm of the Daily Times of Nigeria, Mr Ndubuisi Ugbede has urged the management of the school to paddle the newly admitted students to enable their success in the journalism profession as he also advised the students to go about their studies with seriousness in order to enable them go through the school and not the other way round.

The neglect of children with disabilities and their prevention from accessing educational services can be remedied by the entrenchment of inclusive education.

The retirement of the 924 teachers should therefore be seen within the purview of the efforts of government to reposition education in the state. We cannot afford to neglect the quality of the teachers in our educational system if we are to become a leading state. This factor, the reporter in a bid to create impressions in the minds of the readers, failed to consider.

The teenagers unanimously said that the present situation in the country is bad, adding that almost everyone is responsible for the economic and moral decadence rocking the system. David Nnamdi from Wesley College maintained that, if President Goodluck Jonathan could just tackle the problem of electricity within the time limit he has in Aso-Rock, this generation and the ones unborn will remember him for that remarkable achievement.

The level of implementation of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at the ECCDE/basic level is, according to Njoku, abysmally poor. He says: “Teacher/Pupil ratio is still very wide in many states, teaching facilities are extremely limited. There are no school farms in many school and handiwork is monetized and there is poor vocational training for non-transiting JSS pupils”.

The quiz competition, which tested the general and aptitude ability of the students, was a major highlight of the event. As a form of reward, Atlantic Hall and Grange Secondary School libraries will receive book prizes from ACCA.

No country is likely to go far beyond the threshold of development, unless it ensures that most of its people receives a good basic education. And reaching the threshold for substained development requires that the majority of the population complete primary education of good quality.

Highlight of Alpha-May Club 25th Anniversary Celebration held at Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos last Saturday was the scholarship awards to five students in medical and engineering fields drawn from some Nigerian Universities.