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.

Aside the growing number of private schools in Nigeria that have impacted on the education sector, another initiative that is set to drive the sector further is the introduction of a paperless classroom device christened, All Genius Educator (AGE).

Education Minister, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai has said that the Federal Government is specifically addressing the issue of poor performance in NECO and SSCE examination.