Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko will on Monday inaugurate the Caring Heart Model School which was constructed on the premises of the All Saints Anglican Primary School, which had dilapidated structures in Oke Ijebu, a suburb of Akure.A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, on Wednesday described the school as one of the best in the country with 42 classrooms, having capacity to accommodate 25 pupils each.

The calm that pervades the main campus of the University of Lagos after resumption of academic activities last Monday after a three-week suspension may be shattered as students vowed to resume protests if the bill presented to the Senate by President Goodluck Jonathan is passed into law.

Experts are agreed on the fact that education, research and innovation are the three major factors that will help place Nigeria among the world’s top 20 economies by year 2020.

Mrs. Michelle Ukoh, a specialist in international training and administration, is an independent schools placement consultant and founder of First New Generation Centre. In this interview with, she talks on the importance of students having a five-year plan and the need for corporate organisations to invest in education.

Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Adebisi Sosan has said that the problems in the education sector were no longer new, adding that the country should aim at proffering solutions to the lingering problems.

I read President Goodluck Jonathan’s speech on Democracy Day in the Vanguard Newspaper Online and I felt so disappointed. Without regret, I found its contents the least lucid of all such speeches from the nation’s first citizens since the first republic to date, and including the speeches by all military heads of state.

The world around us is evolving faster than ever before; today’s teachers face tough challenges to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed for the future. Problem solving, critical thinking and other 21st Century skills are critical for students to be prepared for the future.

Seventy-four students in the senior and junior categories have sat for the second and final stage of the 2012 Cowbell National Secondary School Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC) examination, last Saturday, in four zones pan-Nigeria.

Fear and anxiety have continued to grip students of Kwara State Polytechnic (Kwara Poly), Ilorin, since resumption of studies for its second semester owing to what they termed imminent outbreak of clashes amongst cult groups.

UNKNOWN to many parents, lesson teachers as they are popularly called, can be the first turning point in a child’s life. Children stand greater chances of being molested by their private tutors most especially the female child.