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
Undergraduate creates social network website
PRUDENCE OKOILU, a 300 level student of Physics and Electronics, University of Lagos (UNILAG), recently opened a social network website “HIPINGG.” Its feature combines FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND PINGING. TOSIN ADESILE met with him, as he shares the innovation.
We are providing all round education for youths – Islamic academy boss
Founder, First Islamic English Education Foundation (FIEF Academy), Sheikh Muhammed Mansur-Williams, says FIEF is resolved to provide rounded education for Nigerian youths through FIEF which has been in existence since 1985.
SOS gives out 14 computer labs to schools
The Rock Foundation, a faith-based charity organisation, in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Education has handed over fully equipped computer laboratories to 14 public schools under the Support Our Schools Initiative of the State Ministry of Education.
Strike looms in Abia varsity as lecturers bemoan unpaid salaries
Barely a month after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, called off its strike, the joy of the students of Abia State University, Uturu, is set to be cut short as the lecturers of the institution are set to embark on another strike over unpaid salaries.
Lagos lauds ESSPIN on quality assurance in public schools
Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, has lauded the Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN) of the Department for International Development (DFID) for the improvement in quality assurance in the state public schools.
Aluko’s death, a national loss – OAU VC
The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor ‘Tale Omole, has described the death of Nigeria’s foremost Economist, Prof. Sam Aluko as a great loss not only to his family, but also to the entire academia, and in particular to OAU, where he was the pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences between 1967 and 1980.
There is no sense in establishing more varsities – Obafunwa, LASU V.C
Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa is an expert in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. He was first appointed a professor in 2001. He was a two-time Provost of Lagos State University College of Medicine, 2006-2010. In May 2008, he was appointed the First Chief Medical Examiner for Lagos State based on the new Coroner’s Systems Law of 2007. In this interview, Professor Obafunwa, who was appointed Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), in September 2011, speaks on solutions to the falling standard of education, why LASU didn’t admit students into its satellite campuses, the need for varsities to review the award of honorary degrees and how government can strengthen the varsity system.
UTME candidates decry lack of awareness of compulsory novels for exams
Some candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2012 will be taken unawares when they sit for the compulsory English Language examination on 24th March, as JAMB has mandated all registered candidates to read two recommended novels for this year’s UTME.
We can generate any amount of electricity with Erinle Fuelless engine – Mr Erinle
With fluctuations in world oil prices, global economic crisis, global warming, search for greener and more sustainable energy sources by major oil consumers, it has become absolutely necessary to diversify Nigeria’s oil-based mono-product economy if the country must survive the current trends the world over.
FLOODING: How schools can ensure safety of students
It is early days in March and the rains are falling almost daily in parts of Lagos State, raising anxiety over the expected high level of rainfall and flooding this year.
