The recent appointment of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as Minister of Education has attracted mixed feelings from stakeholders in the sector. While some stakeholders are busy outlining the key areas in the sector where the Minister of Education should focus her attention on for ratification, others are querying the rationale behind her selection insisting that there are more qualified hands to take charge as Minister of Education.

Seventy-four best students in both Junior and Senior categories from each state of the federation and Federal Capital Territory sat for the second and final stage examination of the Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC) held last Saturday April 17, 2010 at the Lagos Airport Hotel.

Westminster College, Lagos, one of the top secondary schools in the country, is in partnership with 20 overseas universities that will give direct admission to students for courses of their choice on successful completion of the university foundation programme at the college.

The N40 billion which the Katsina State government pumped into the education sector in the last two years has led to enrolment increase at both primary and secondary school levels.

The recent poor performance of the nation in football and other sporting activities has been blamed on neglect of the grass-root by those in authority.

To facilitate an effective teaching of physics, chemistry and biology at the Federal Government College, Ogbomoso, science equipment worth several millions of naira has been donated to the college by DUFIL Prima Foods Industries, makers of Indomie Instant noodles.

Professor Patrick Utomi has said that only by bringing new ideas into the healthcare sector can Nigerian government addressed the needs of Nigerians and also attract the confidence of citizens in Diaspora who are doing well in the field of medicine to return home and boost the profession both in tertiary institutions and hospitals .

A new lease of life is quietly being injected into the education system of Cross River State. This revolves around infrastructural upgrading, capacity building of school personnel as well as attitudinal change in its school.
The state Commissioner for Education, Prof Offiong O. Offiong sheds light on this rejuvenation in this exclusive interview which held in his office in Calabar.

The generally poor performance of students in the recently released NECO examination results has been blamed on negligence by all stakeholders of education.

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