As part of the developmental efforts of Professor Tolu Odugbemi, the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos the Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WiMAN) which will cover the three campuses of the university- the main campus at Akoka, the College of Medicine at Idi-Araba, and the Yaba Campus at the Old School of Radiography has been officially launched.

Following the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Olubunmi Owoso as the Rector of Yaba College of Technology in December last year, Mrs. Margaret Kudi Ladipo, the new rector of the first tertiary institution in Nigeria has commenced the process of reviewing the strategic plan which has been guiding the action of the college management in the last seven years.

Both the Legislative Internship Programme (LIP) and the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) are two initiatives of the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) that have, over the years, been doing the Nigerian youths a lot of good.

NETC was engrained into the National Open University of Nigeria. It was now discovered by the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) that there are commonalities in their mandates. Open University to deliver education, using the open platform to increase access; and part of NETC’s mandate was to use broadcasting and the media to deliver education. So you could see the commonality. So in order to consolidate the entities, the Open University took over NETC and that aspect of the function.

As the test-running of the 9-Year Basic Education curriculum in all the nation’s primary and junior secondary schools continues, the Federal Government has called on state governments and owners of private schools to show seriousness in ensuring a successful implementation of the curriculum.

The authorities of the Fountain University, Osogbo have given scholarship to 38 students of the institution for the 2008/2009 academic session.

The resumption date presented the school children the opportunity to reminiscence on their experiences during the four-week holiday. As recounted by the school children, many of them were unable to travel during the holiday due to fuel scarcity. In fact, the fuel crisis hampered movement within the Lagos metropolis so much so hat the number of children at the various amusement parks that dot the city of Lagos reduced drastically when compared with the figure recorded during the previous yelutide seasons.

Hundreds of school-going children as well as their counterparts who are out of school gathered last Saturday at Oto area of Lagos State for an awareness programme organised by the Community Art Development Initiative (CADI), a non-governmental organisation.

The Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Bachelor of Nursing Science programmes in the Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja will soon take off as the Resource Assessment Visitation of the National Universities Commission (NUC) has visited the College.

According to Prof. Ademola Onifade who is the Director of the Centre for General Studies, Lagos State University, the basic thing is for political leaders to stop giving poor attention and low priority to education, saying that they should be focussed and wholeheartedly committed to education.