By Olubusuyi Adenipekun In the last one year, teaching and learning activities in the nation’s primary and secondary schools went on largely uninterrupted.  This relative peace is a big boost to the effective implementation of the Universal Basic Education programme and a positive development for the 9-year Basic Education Curriculum, the test-running or implementation of […]

By Emmanuel Edukugho There is growing disquiet over the continued stay of Professor Lateef Akanni Hussain as Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), despite overwhelming, massive demand by lecturers, students and staff for his removal so as to end the on-going labour crisis in the institution. When other universities in the country have resumed normal […]

By Dayo Adesulu The Vice Chancellor Redeemer University, Prof. Oyewale Tomori has called on fresh intakes of the institution who aim at getting first class to start working towards it from the first day of their admission. He said this recently during the  matriculation ceremony of six hundred and twenty (620) fresh students for the […]

By Emmanuel Edukugho Education Advancement Center, EAC, Ibadan is planning a re-union night for all its old students. The event which is meant to bring together all graduates of the center is scheduled for December 19, 2009, the proprietor of the center Pastor Muyiwa Bamgbose said in an interview in Ibadan recently. According to Pastor […]

By Nneka Ehujuo Nigerian students have condemned the incessant strike actions in the nation educational sector. Speaking to Vanguard Education Weekly, a cross section of university undergraduates lamented their ordeals during the recent industrial action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which lasted for over three months. Mr Chimezie Ehujuo, an undergraduate […]

By  Agbolade Omowole Life is a stage,” says William Shakespeare, “and everyone, a cast in the play.” Everyone is a hero or heroine in the play of life. You are the captain of your ship. You are in charge of your life. Being a student is one critical aspect of your life. Time spent cannot […]

By Uche Dim Former Commissioner of Education in Delta State,  Dr.(Mrs.) Ogbuagu has expressed worry about the deficiencies in the nation’s school system which has affected the reading culture of over 80 percent of students in the country. Ogbuagu who disclosed this at the launching of the book My Step Mother by Mrs. Pat Ero […]

The Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University, Lagos, Prof. Timothy.O. Tayo, has affirmed that staff empowerment via continuous training both locally and internationally remained a top priority of the university. In a release signed by Mr. Abimbola Olulesi, the Head of Public Affairs of the University, Prof. Tayo gave this assurance while declaring open a two-day in-service […]

University students heaved a sigh of relief as respite came their way when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) suspended its nearly four months old strike for two weeks “to enable a cordial atmosphere for the peaceful conclusion of negotiations” between it and the federal government.

Lead City University, Ibadan, held its 2nd Convocation Ceremony last Friday in which another set of “enterprise graduates” were launched into the world at large and Nigeria in particular.

INDICATIONS have emerged that striking members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in the nation’s universities, may suspend their ongoing industrial action tomorrow to bring normalcy to the nation’s universities that have been shut down for over three months.

Private Schools abound in Nigeria and their owners are largely seen as uncompromising when it comes to collection of school fees. Infact, as from the second week of a new term, children who are yet to pay their fees could be driven home in order to force their defaulting parents to pay irrespective of whether they have the means of paying or not.

FOR effective and smooth operation in its efforts to give quality education to all Deltans, the Delta State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Asaba has last week commissioned 9 new primary Schools in Ughelli-South Council Area of Delta State.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has decided to accept the promise by the Lagos State Government to pay the new Teachers Salary Scale (TSS) by next year because teachers have no other job as alternative.

In demonstration of its commitment to the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme, the Federal Government has disbursed a whooping sum of N101,250,000.00 to some communities in Akwa Ibom State for the execution of 135 UBE (2008) self-help project.