Picking holes in Alausa’s proposal to scrap JSS,SSS education system
Government remains hyper-focused on the “quantity” of out-of-school children while ignoring the “quality” of the education being offered
Rivers varsity undergraduate gets full scholarship, gifts for returning missing smartphone
Ami Ugochukwu, an undergraduate of Ignatius Ajuri University of Education, IAUE, Rivers State, has been given a full scholarship for returning a missing smartphone to the owner even when he had no phone.
Benue accounts for 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria — Education Ministry
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Federal Ministry of Education, FMOE, weekend disclosed that Benue state accounts for over 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria placing the state on the list of states with low school enrollment rates. The Director, Basic and Secondary Education in the Ministry, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir made this known at the ceremony for […]
Kano govt to build 5,000 houses for teachers
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano state government will construct about 5,000 housing units for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state, under the first phase of a scheme aimed at providing decent accommodation for teachers and their families in the state. The scheme, tagged Teachers Reserved Areas, TRA, will be implemented […]
UNN, staff agree to settle out of court over termination of appointment
By Dennis Agbo The University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, and one of its previous academic staff, Dr Emmanuel Ejiogu of the department of Sociology, have agreed to resolve their impasse outside the National Industrial Court. Ejiogu who was employed by the University in 2014 had waited for his appointment to be confirmed in 2015 but […]
Renaissance University Enugu receives Law Faculty accreditation
By Dennis Agbo The Faculty of Law Renaissance University, Ugbwaka, Enugu state, has met the accreditation requirements of the Council of Legal Education in Nigeria to offer the Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree programme. The approval was conveyed by the Council in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, citing its “marked improvements in […]
LASU hikes school fees from N25,000 to N67,048; stale students excluded
By Adesina Wahab New intakes into the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, will pay the sum of N67, 048.50k as fees in the coming academic year. This is against the N25,000 paid by stale students and the increase is about 168.2 per cent. However, it was gathered that students who would be in level 200 […]
ASUU denies suspending ongoing nine month strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it has not suspended its ongoing nine-month-old strike. Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Jos. According to him, the union has not signed any agreement with […]
No Mask; No Entry: Nigeria and Mediocrity
One feature of “the new normal” is the constant use of face masks. This act is one of the measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 globally. Characteristic of Nigeria and Nigerians, this gesture has become a mere custom which serves no sincere cautionary purpose.
Post – UTME: UNIBEN recalls some candidates for rewrite
Some candidates that had earlier sat for the Post – Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have been recalled to rewrite the examination following the collapse of the university’s server. The university, in a terse Short Messaging Service (SMS) sent out on Wednesday afternoon, directed the affected candidates, who came […]
FG admits education standard’s falling, challenges administrators to ‘wake up’
By Umar Yusuf— Yola The Federal Government has admitted that the standard of education in the country was falling and challenged education administrators to wake up from their slumber. The Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, gave the verdict on Thursday at the commissioning of seven projects at the Federal College of Education, Yola. He […]
LASU blazes trail, offers doctorate progammes in Business, Public Admin
THE Lagos State University, LASU, has blazed the trail by becoming the first university in the country to offer doctorate degree programmes in Business Administration (DBA) and Public Administration (DPA) respectively.
Research: TETFund releases N12bn to UI, UNILAG, 10 others
TWELVE public universities have been given N12 billion by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, to undertake research in various fields.
NANS honours Yabatech Rector, Omokungbe
NATIONAL Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) South-West Zone recently presented the 2020 NANS South-West Outstanding Personality Distinguished Award to the Rector, Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), Engr. Obafemi Omokungbe as Icon of Education Development.
COVID-19 safety protocols, rundown facilities may further stall universities’ reopening — Investigation
EVEN if the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, calls off its eight-month-old strike now, federal universities in the country are not likely to reopen until early next year, findings by Vanguard have revealed.
UNIBEN Post-UTME candidates’ fate uncertain as server collapses
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The fate of hundreds of post-UTME candidates who sat for the examination in the University of Benin, UNIBEN, on Tuesday, December 8 is uncertain as it was gathered on Wednesday that the servers of the school collapsed. A Short Messaging Service, SMS, sent out on Wednesday afternoon directed the […]
