Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that the state government’s decision to employ and retrain 500 graduates to teach core subjects was an interventionist policy to create employment and also improve capacity of the children to prepare them for exams

THERE was a mix between the community service mandate of universities and corporate social responsibility of private sector companies when Babcock University and six commercial banks jointly financed the purchase of some brand new vehicles for the police to use for enhancing security of the community

Students of Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-uku are groaning under deficient facilities as they lacked some basic infrastructures required for good teaching and learning, Essentially they have been complaining about difficulty in receiving lectures

chools across the country resumed academic session on Monday after about two months holidays. The first one month was the usual holidays for both pupils and students at the December, while the other one month was a compulsory political holidays to enhance full participation in the on going voters’ registrations.

ENUGU–REGISTRARS of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology in the country have appealed to the federal government to place their members on special salary scale like other public office holders on tenured appointments in view of the peculiar and onerous responsibilities they shoulder.

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife Mission statement says it all. To create a teaching and learning community for imparting appropriate skills, knowledge, behaviour and attitude

As Yaba College of Technology held its matriculation ceremony recently for the 1,800 students admitted into various programmes of study in the 2010/1011 academic session, there was indication that the Federal Government would soon convert the college to university.

Students and CyberCafe operators are complaining bitterly over the uneasiness to register for their exams. Speaking with Mr. Johnson Olusola, Proprietor of Divine Brain Land Academy located at Oludande Street, Ota Ogun State said, “ Biometric is the latest JAMB security strategy that demand students to thumbprint before beginning their registrations. These machines bought for the sum of eighteen thousand naria directly from JAMB office, so we are hoping that this will contribute positively to success of the exam and put a stop to mal-practices

As the voters registration exercise is coming to an end with schools re-opening on January 30, 2011, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, Education Minister, State, has advised Vcs, Provosts and Rectors of tertiary institutions to allow their students to go home and register now because there won’t be movement in April during election. He spoke in this interview with Vanguard

Considering the enormous responsibility of imparting knowledge on people particularly, on young children, teachers are suppose to be the highest salary earners in the country.