Tag: education
Muslim Students Protest Over Ban Of Hijab
Hundreds of Muslim students Monday took to the streets to protest the decision by the Lagos State Government to ban…
54 Pregnant Girls In Lagos Public Schools
Fifty-four pregnant girls and 200 students on drugs have been uncovered in Lagos public secondary schools. This was part of…
56 Million Nigerians Illiterate –Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili says report has revealed that 56 million Nigerians are still illiterate and cannot…
JAMB’s Computer Based Test has come to stay
Alhaji Kamaldeen Oladeji, Lagos Zonal Coordinator, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Saturday said that there was no going…
Don Advocates Total Revamp Of Education Sector
A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Profesor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe has called for a complete revamp of the…
Ogun Shuts 160 Illegal Schools
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta No fewer than 160 illegal schools have been shut by the present administration in the western Nigerian state…
Oshiomhole Sacks Commissioner
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State southsouth Nigeria, has approved the removal of the state Commissioner for the Ministry of…
FG Releases N1bn To Revive Adult Education
Mr Nyeson Wike, the Minister of State for Education, on Tuesday said the Federal Government has released N1 billion as…
Nigerian Child Among Every 5 Kids Out-Of-School Globally
Nigeria could enrol 2.4 million of its children into school, findings from UNESCO show, as the country continues to lag…
Two Teens Commit Suicide Over Unfinished Homework
In an extreme case highlighting the immense pressure schoolchildren can face, two teens in eastern China committed suicide after failing…
Ekiti varsity students protest ‘no fee, no lecture’ policy
Ekiti State University (EKSU) students have protested the “no school fees, no lecture” policy introduced by school management, barricading the…
ASUU Begins Strike
The University of Abuja chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started a two-week warning strike on Monday over…
Gunmen Invade JAMB Registrar’s Home
Unidentified gunmen have invaded the home of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde.…
Nigeria plans six mega universities
Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved the upgrade of six federal universities to mega tertiary institutions with absorptive…
Education For All: Nigeria Needs 200,000 Teachers
The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education For All, says Nigeria needs to recruit at least 200,000 teachers by 2015…
JAMB Warns Candidates Against Exam Malpractice
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates, who will sit for the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination…
FG Has Not Scrapped JAMB, NECO —Wike
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Thursday that the Federal Government had not scrapped the…
Sexual Harassment: VC Warns Lecturers
Professor Oluyemisi Obilade, the Vice-Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has warned lecturers and students against…
UNILAG Medical Student Drowns
A 200-level student of the Department of Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Lagos, Unilag, Idi-Araba, Eniola Abiola has drowned.…
10000 Civil Defence Corps For UTME
Some 10,000 men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) will provide security at examination centres during the…
Govt Spends N150m On NECO Scratch Cards
Global Foundation, an NGO, says it has spent N150 million in collaboration with the Niger State Government to procure NECO…
Mixed Reactions Trail Scrapping Of NECO
Parents and students on Wednesday expressed mixed feelings on the alleged scrapping of the National Examination Council (NECO). The Federal…
FG to build 100 Almajiri schools
Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo has said the Federal Government will establish 100 “Almajiri” Special Schools across the nation as…
Soyinka Wants Nigeria’s Varsities Shut For 2 Years
To stem the rot in the Nigeria’s educational system, especially at the tertiary level, the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka,…
Parents, Teachers Lament Poor School Infrastructure
Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) of Epe Local Government Nursery and Primary School has lamented the neglect of infrastructure development…
Illegal Levies: Kwara To Sanction School Heads
The Kwara State Government has declared that it will deal decisively with any school principal found collecting illegal levies from…
Nigerian Teacher Wins N5m In TV Show
A teacher, Mr. Sammy Davies Abraham, has received his reward on earth by winning the sum of N5 million from…
Elumelu Heads DELSU’s Governing Council
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has inaugurated the 7th Governing Council of Delta State University headed by…
‘I’m Still Not Happy About Nigeria’
For about a week, Lanre Ogunyemi, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, organised different events to mark…
Nigeria’s State Of Education Worrisome —Yusuf
The representative of Alimosho Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Prince Bisi Yusuf, has called on well-meaning…