Worried by the dismal performance of students in the recently-released results of the March 24th Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, concerned stakeholders have expressed the need to take urgent measures to salvage the dwindling fortunes of the nation’s education sector.

It is sad to note that for five consecutive years, candidates writing the National Examination Council (NECO) exams have recorded mass failures. Apparently, the scenario is becoming worrisome to education stakeholders as nobody knows at whose door-steps to place the blames, students or NECO.

Nigeria, with a land area of about 98.3 million ha, 74 million has proven to be good for farming, is still grappling with food-insecurity and youth unemployment because less than half of the arable land is being explored. To stem this tide and bring the nation back to the path of progress, Dr. Olusanjo-Joshuasville Olugbemiga Adegoke, the Executive Chairman, Maspon Farms Nigeria Ltd., Lagos State University (LASU), Epe Campus has carried out research on improving crop yield, farming methods, and creating employment in the process. He spoke with Vanguard in Lagos. Excerpts:

The Lagos State co-ordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), Mr. Ladipo Laniyan, has said that the Federal Government’s decision to post corps members only to four sectors will ensure true service to the nation.

About 72 students of the Society of Mechanical Engineering Students (SOMES), Federal University of Technology Owerri chapter, recently went on a field trip to Innoson Manufacturing Company, Nnewi, Anambra State, as part of the union’s efforts to expose its students to practical work relevant to their field of study.

Worried by the falling standard of education in Nigeria, stakeholders in the sector have called on governments at all levels to return missionary schools to their original owners if education must get back its past glories.

As part of its corporate social investment initiatives, Stanbic IBTC Bank, has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Covenant University on a Programme to Build Leadership and Accountability in Nigeria’s Health System (PLAN-Health).

It was a sad Saturday for residents and student occupants of an off-campus hostel located at Sabo along Iyakpi Road, Edo State, who watched helplessly as their properties were gutted by fire.

From the very beginning when God created heaven and earth, he had made the night and the day appear in their normal time. In so far as night exists, night life on campus can never be dismissed by anyone who has being to the four walls of tertiary institutions.

THE Senate of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State, has passed a resolution which makes it mandatory for students of the university to have at least 75 per cent lecture attendance or risk the consequence of being disqualified from the institution’s examinations.