THE immediate past Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Peter Okebukola has averred that if Nigerians would see improvement in the education sector, the incoming government of Muhammadu Buhari must reform and massively invest in education. Okebukola, a Consultant to UNESCO, while delivering the 2013/2014 convocation lecture at the University of Lagos, UNILAG pointed out teacher quality, provision of learner-friendly facilities and curriculum delivery as the three areas government must invest in.

Chrisland High School, Victoria Garden City, Lagos, has held its inaugural Career Day themed Channelling your Talent into your Career to enlighten its students on the career options available to them and guide them towards making career choices.

THE Chairman, Board of Governors, Olashore International Schools, Prince Bimbo Olashore, has restated the school’s commitment to retaining Nigeria’s strong culture and value system in its core structure while striving to ensure that Olashore scholars are adequately prepared for the competitive global market. This assurance was given by Prince Olashore at the conclusion of an excursion programme to France and some other countries by the students, who said the school will also keep Nigeria’s history on the radar, especially as most young Nigerians are not conversant with the country’s history.

IT was a glorious exit for Engineer Abdullahi Sule who completed his second term in office as Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State. Sule joined the Polytechnic in 1984, served as Rector between 2006 to 2015 and is described by many as the architect of transformation of the Polytechnic. At a send forth dinner organized in his honour by the Student Union Government held at the Auditorium of the school which attracted a large crowd, students, staff, management and ten former SUG Presidents, the SUG President, Christopher Ejike Emmanuel, said the tenure of Engineer Sule has impacted positively on the lives of people as within and outside the Polytechnic.

Hugh Latimer, was one of the leading lights of the English Reformation, which started as revolt against papacy but ended up revolutionizing all aspects of British life. Much of it was centred around Oxford and Cambridge where Latimer, at one time or another studied and taught. I thoroughly align myself with Latimer that a nation which fails to maintain its schools and universities will eventually evolve into a brutal society.