Lagos opens Nigeria’s first alternative school for girls
The school is designed to admit girls who dropped out of school due to early marriage, poverty, teenage pregnancy, displacement and so on
Microsoft recognizes teachers, school leaders
THE global software giant, Microsoft has announced the winners of its annual Microsoft Partners in Learning Middle East and Africa forum, an event that recognises innovative teachers who creatively and effectively use technology in their curriculum to help improve the way students learn.
GCE: ‘Free of malpractice in Agidingbi, Ojodu, others’
THE mass failures being witnessed in external examinations in Nigeria has become a source of worry to all stakeholders, even as examination malpractices and other forms of cheating have become the order of the day.
FG flags off UBE’s support fund to 4, 109 communities
Federal Government has flagged off the support funds of 2010 Universal Basic Education, UBE to 4, 109 communities, following the Federal Government’s preparedness to increase its partnership with States, Local Councils and rural communities.
FG encourages debate in schools
The Honourable Minister of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has expressed the commitment of the Federal Government to promote debating culture amongst Nigerian students in the overall move to revive education in the nation.
Varsities reopen, stakeholders react
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the suspension of its one-week warning strike with effect from Sunday to enable the Federal Government implement the agreement reached with it in 2009 on four-point issues.
