Tag: education
Knocks For FG Over ASUP Strike
Damilare Okunola & Harrison Iyoha Students of various Nigerian polytechnics have blamed the protracted industrial action by their lecturers on…
Varsity Admission: JAMB Pegs Cut Off Mark At 180
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, as well as the Federal Government have pegged the cutoff mark for admission…
LASU To Refund N69m To Students
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State University, LASU, is on the verge of refunding over N69 million to students of the…
NOUN Students Protest Fees Hike
Harrison Iyoha Students of the National Open University Of Nigeria, NOUN, Benin Study Centre, this week, took to the streets…
ASUU Backs Protesting Lecturers
Damilare Okunola Protesting lecturers at various tertiary institutions have been told that they have the backing of their national union,…
LASU Crisis: Assemblyman Urges Understanding
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Technology of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wahab…
ASUP, Senators Meet Over 8-Month Strike
Damilare Okunola There are strong indications that the eight-month old industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP,…
‘We Won’t Resume Until Our Demands Are Met’
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Lecturers at the Lagos State University, LASU, have vowed not to resume or teach the students of the…
We’ll address problems facing education – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said the Federal Government would comprehensively tackle challenges facing all sectors of the country’s education.…
ASUU Elders Move To End LASU Strike
Authorities of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, said on Thursday that discussion was ongoing with the elders of the…
Why We Will Not Back Out —OAU Students
Akintola Lukmon Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife Osun State, have made a strong declaration of no retreat no…
UNIABUJA Students Blame Lecturers For School’s Closure
Harrison Iyoha Students of the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, have blamed the institution’s lecturers for the…
LASU reopens 23 June, slashes fees
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Students of Lagos State University have been asked to resume by 23 June, about three weeks after the…
Time To End ASUP Strike
Almost one year after the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, went on strike to press home their demands for…
Confab restricts public office holders to local hospitals
The National Conference on Wednesday in Abuja recommended the restriction of government sponsorship of public officers for foreign medical care…
Students Appeal To FG On ASUP Demands
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to attend to the demands of…
Nigeria’s educational system where India was in the ’70s – Devesh
Variam Devesh, Director of Training for EduSoft Associates believes that Nigeria’s educational system today is still where India was in…
UN Envoy Vows To Rebuild Chibok Schools
UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by…
‘Glo Delivers Seamless Services On Our Campus’
Students of the Edo State College of Agriculture have commended Globacom for providing excellent services on their campus located at…
PTAs And School Management
By Olalekan Olagunju Education has been viewed by many people from different perspectives. According to legendary South African former President,…
Fashola Slashes LASU School Fees By 60 Percent
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved 60 percent reduction in the school fees being paid by…
Incorporating IC3 Into Nigerian Education System
By Olalekan Olagunju As the world order is reaching or experiencing consistent technological landmarks every moment, Information Communication Technology (ICT)…
TASUED Students On The Rampage
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Students of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, Ijagun in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State Wednesday…
Army’s Unwarranted Crackdown On Media
By Michael Jegede The three essential functions performed by the media are that of information, education and entertainment. These are…
Global Aid To Education Down 10% Since 2010
Aid to education is seriously declining: it fell by just over 6% between 2010 and 2011, and a further 3%…
LASU Fees: Committee Submits Report
Kazeem Ugbodaga The committee set up by Governor Babatunde Fashola to look into students’ complaints concerning school fees at the…
Omisore promises quality education
Senator Iyiola Omisore, Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in 9 August gubernatorial election in Osun, has promised to ensure qualitative education…
Unilag Students Protest Causes Gridlock
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni & Damilare Okunola Protesting students of University of Lagos, Akoka, on Friday morning caused traffic jam in Yaba area…
Giant Strides At LASU, LASUTH And LASUCOM
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, recently called on stakeholders to fashion out means to re-invent higher education…
Just Before The Proposed HND/B.Sc Parity
By Steven Anu’ Adesemoye The news of the inauguration of a committee by the Federal Government to bridge the gap…