I can foresee that in the next five years, these universities would have matured to the level of say OAU or UI. This is a temporary problem that I think with time, we will over come. The standard is neither falling nor rising depending on the parameter you want to consider. I think we have a lot to do in terms of quality control.

The Commissioner for Higher Education, Delta State, Dr Hope Eghagha has maintained that university education is a very important public service deserving the attention of all, from governments to corporate organizations and public spirited individuals since government alone cannot fund education.

As standard of education keeps deteriorating with widespread examination malpractice linked to the rot, the police cannot be blamed for this sordid situation.

With mixed reactions trailing the marriage of former Zamfara State governor, Senator Sani Ahmed Yerima to a 13-year old Egyptian girl, a professor of law in the University of Lagos has told Vanguard Education Weekly that early marriage can put an end to the education of the girl-child.

The Vice Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education, (TASUED) Ijebu Ode and the immediate past Commissioner for Education Ogun State, Professor, Olusegun Awonusi has reiterated that, until the Federal Government allocates a reasonable percentage of its annual budget to education, the government will not achieve its vision 20:2020 on the sector.

Education must be well funded. Class size in public schools is too large. In some states of the federation we have up to hundred students in a class. How can the teacher teach effectively?

Interviews for admission into the University Foundation Programme and Cambridge GCE Advance level at Westminster College, Lagos, in respect of the September 2010 academic session will take place at Lagos and Warri in different dates.

Scholars from diverse academic disciplines assembled at the conference hall of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos to look at Information Communication Technology (ICT) and its impact on trade, goods services and funding dissemination.

Some primary and secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State which had remained dilapidated for years have been renovated by ExxonMobil under its Academy for Educational Development (AED) school of Excellence project.

About N200 billion unutilised Universal Basic Education (UBE) matching grant is lying with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) due to inability of states to meet stipulated conditions and provide 50 per cent counterpart funding for projects. But the Jonathan administration has now come to their rescue.