King’s College Concession: FG, Labour agree 2-week review
The Minister gave an “ironclad assurance” that no staff of King’s College would be victimised through retrenchment, posting or demotion
Education, solution to Africa’s devt challenges says US Ambassador
AMBASSADOR James Entwistle, the US ambassador to Nigeria, has harped on the importance of education to the development of any nation.
Rivers govt distributes ebola preventive materials to schools
The Rivers State Government has distributed Ebola Preventive materials to all Model Primary schools in the State. The materials include thermo scanners, buckets, soaps and hand sanitizers to schools on resumption of the new academic session.
Varsities Talk: Jigawa state Varsity as a metaphor for others (2)
“A university does not just answer that name unless it is able to provide for the needs of the society. I fancy one great university that is all in all. A university that is well-funded to meet all the academic needs of the society that it is founded to serve.
Education: Panacea for vibrant democratic society— Ekweremadu
Deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu stressed that Nigeria can only create a vibrant democratic society where Nigerians will better their lives through functional education.
Are some university disciplines becoming extinct?
Tick-tock. The clock cannot move fast enough for 200 level students of a Nigerian University which Saturday School Life, SSL, visited recently. It is a compulsory General Studies class and this semester’s focus is on Philosophy. As the students’ wander blindly through a lecture on Plato’s allegory of the cave, some scratch their heads wondering: ‘how on earth is this relevant to my life and career?’
