ELEVEN students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, have been expelled, while 373 others were withdrawn for various examination malpractices during its 2010/2011 academic session.

The Niger Delta Students Union Government (NIDSUG) has called on the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Chris Oboh, to sit up and take as premium, matters that have to do with education in the region.

Cement-free, low cost,energy efficient houses will soon be made available to Nigerians, thanks to the efforts of a researcher at the University of Lagos.

The coming of the new vice-chancellor, Lagos State University, Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa, is ushering in good tidings in the ivory tower which was, last year, preoccupied in crisis over fees hike.

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it has no problem with conducting its examination during the week.

Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil has begun the training of 25 Nigerian lecturers on map-making and interpretation, under the University Partnering Programme (UPP).

The management and staff of Caleb International School, in partnership with Real Women Foundation of Daystar Church, have held the annual Girls Day for the female students of the school.

Mobo Oresegun is a quintessential Nigerian in the Diaspora. A graduate of International Development Studies from the York University in Canada; where she tripled as a student, wife and mother.

Several studies carried out by educational experts, and of recent, by Sir Ken Robinson have revealed that children are born with a lot of creativity and ability to engage in divergent thinking. This innate ability consistently deteriorates as children get older and get more years of traditional education which indoctrinates them with the sense that there is only one right answer to a question and that answer is the one provided by the teacher.

Following the suspension of the eight-week strike embarked upon by university lecturers, academic activities returned to most campuses, but this is not the case for Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA), Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, as resumption of studies has been postponed until the 27th of February, 2012.