Many primary and secondary schools have resumed for the third term of this academic session on Monday, April 23, 2012, while others are billed to resume Monday April 30, 2012, Vanguard Learning went round town to seek the views of parents/guardians on how they have prepared for their wards.

In order to bridge the technological gap in Nigeria and imbibe in students, the culture of creativity, LITWIT Investment Limited, in partnership with the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and Engineering Society, UNILAG, has launched a youth project competition, In’GENIUS Project Competition (Version 1.0).

No fewer than 1,200 graduates in Ogun State were empowered through the acquisition of vocational skills by the wife of the state governor, Olufunsho Amosun, in her Uplifting the Unemployed Programme.

One of the objectives of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is to ensure the acquisition of appropriate levels of literacy, numeracy, manipulative, communicative and life skills as well as the ethical, moral and civic values needed for laying a solid foundation for life-long learning.

Many diseases hitherto unknown to our ancestors are becoming commonplace in Africa today as a result of change in lifestyle. Incidence of cancer, diabetes, hypertension etc., are on the rise. Scientists are of the opinion that going back to our natural foods will help immensely.

In this chat with Vanguard Learning in his laboratory in Awka, Dr. Ezenwa Chukeze, a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Applied Biochemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, spoke on why “we retrace our steps because we can never be wiser than nature.” Excerpts:

One critical area where the Federal Government is making slow, but deliberate gains of recent is in strategically developing the Non-Formal Education, NFE, sub-sector to ensure that millions of Nigerians from all walks of life have access to sound functional education.

Students of the University of Abuja have condemned the call for the removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor James Adelabu, by the Academic Staff Union of Universities of the institution and its purported vote of no confidence on the VC.

THE Edo State Government has concluded plans to introduce the study of Bini language into the state’s school curricula, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has disclosed.

Following the disclosure by the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to incorporate new skills acquisition training programme into the 2012 Batch ‘A’ orientation course, mixed reactions from corps members have continued to trail the move.

The Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr Mike Okonkwo has said that for any nation to attain true and holistic development, the need to have a qualitative education system cannot be over emphasized, saying that education is the bedrock of the economic, social and political development of a nation.