The event, which was organised by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council was attended by the Minister of Education, Prof. (Mrs) Ruqayyatu Rufa’i (OON), the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Arabic Language Village, Prof. Tijanni Miskail and his counterpart at the Nigeria French Language Village, Prof. S.O. Aje.

Mass failure recorded in public examinations such as NECO and WAEC should not be seen as something strange but the outcome of various efforts by civil society to check the scourge of examination malpractices ravaging our educational system.

Covenant University, Ota, has commenced the full implementation of the agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Academic Staff Union of Universities on Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) and stimulus package.

Conceived by NUC in partnership with GUCCI-CHIS the NUCDB project has taken off fully at the University of Uyo, University of Lagos, University of Calabar and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, with Delta State University, Abraka, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Orka already set to embrace the new NUC Database system.

At the counselling session attended by the representative of Lagos State First Lady, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, Tutor General and Permanent Secretary, Education, District 3, Director of the Lagos Empowerment and Resource Network (LEARN) an NGO founded by wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Abimbola Fashola, Principal, Vice Principal and teachers, students of the school were taken through detailed information required to guide their decision are career paths in Marketing Law and Computer Science by experienced Etisalat employees in these three specialisations.