UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching
By Chinedu Adonu The Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has begun equipping its academics and students with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to improve research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic administration. The initiative was the major outcome of a two-day Train-the-Trainers Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Academia Productivity,” organised by […]
Edo Teachers: ‘We won’t negotiate with politicised NUT leadership’ – Obaseki
By Ozioruva Aliu THE crisis between primary school teachers and Edo state government seemed not over yet as Governor Godwin Obaseki has vowed that his administration would not negotiate with the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) as far as their demands he said would derail the programmes he has designed for primary […]
Covid-19 necessitated UNILAG Sun newspaper going online — Mass Comm HOD
One of the positive fallout of Covid-19 in the education and media space is reinventing the wheel to harness the gains of going online.
KIDNAPPING: The new threat to education in Nigeria
By Michael Onyema Edeh The education sector in Nigeria has been confronted with many challenges, including labour strikes, poor funding, decay in infrastructure, and the recent kidnapping cases. Thus, it is fast becoming extremely difficult for students in Nigeria to attain their educational dreams. This may not be unconnected with the long decay in the […]
2020 admissions: Heads of tertiary institutions fix June 15 deadline
*JAMB urges compliance to advisories on transfer, change of programmes, institutions By Joseph Erunke – Abuja All admissions in the nation’s tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 Academic Session would end by 15th June, 2021. According to Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, “The decision was collectively taken at a virtual meeting with Heads […]
2020/21 admissions: JAMB, institutions set June 15 deadline
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. The board made the disclosure in a statement signed on Sunday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja. It said that public universities would […]
