Education

UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching

UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching

By Chinedu Adonu The Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has begun equipping its academics and students with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to improve research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic administration. The initiative was the major outcome of a two-day Train-the-Trainers Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Academia Productivity,” organised by […]
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Educationists chart pathway for Rufa’i

Educationists chart pathway for Rufa’i

Professor Ademola Onifade of Lagos State University counsels the new education minister, Prof Ruqayyat Rufa’i: “With due respect to theminister, she is a Professor of Education and I want to believe that she should be aware of the environment where she will be working.

Envoy to link Unilag with Russian varsities

Envoy to link Unilag with Russian varsities

The Russian Ambas-sador to Nigeria, Mr Alexander .O. Polyakov has expressed his desire to link the University of Lagos with higher Institutions in the Russian Federation, in the area of educational cooperatio.

Stakeholders task new education minister

Stakeholders task new education minister

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.

74 students sit final stage exam for Cowbell Maths prizes

74 students sit final stage exam for Cowbell Maths prizes

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.

20 foreign varsites partner Westminster College to boost admission

20 foreign varsites partner Westminster College to boost admission

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.