Tag: education
LASU Students, Police Clash In Lagos
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Despite the promise to look into the Lagos State University fee hikes crisis, students of Lagos State University,…
Fashola: LASU Students Not Against Hike In School Fees
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says students of the Lagos State Univeristy, LASU, were not against the…
Striking LASU Lecturers Face Sack
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga, has said that striking…
Securing The Nigerian Child
By Bilkis Bakare The Nigerian child, if lucky to be alive, has travelled the narrow path of neglect in many…
LASU Strike Cripples Academic Activities
The strike by the Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU) Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo Chapter, on Tuesday paralysed activities…
LASU Crisis: Govt, Lecturers Maintain Hardline
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has warned striking lecturers of the Lagos State University, LASU, that they cannot stampede…
Kwara to prosecute parents who offer children as maids
Kwara state government, on Friday 23 May, said it would henceforth prosecute any parent who offered his or her child…
Lagos Assembly To Resolve LASU Crisis
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, will resolve all lingering crises facing the state-owned university, LASU,…
ASUU-LASU Begins Strike
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University Chapter, ASUU-LASU, has begun an indefinite strike action. The…
LASU Fees: 5,000 Students Stage Peaceful Protest
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Lagos State University Student Union, LASUSU, led by its President, Comrade Nurudeen Temilola Yusuf, will Thursday stage…
Lagos Improves Performance In WASSCE
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it recorded 41.05 per cent success rate in the West African Senior School…
Lagos Set To Slash LASU Fees
Kazeem Ugbodaga There are indications that the Lagos State government may slash the tuition fees of the state’s own university,…
Understanding The New Basic Education Curricula
By Olalekan Olagunju The word ‘curriculum’ was originally derived from the Latin word “racecourse” which implies a course of study…
NECO Shortlists 40,000 Candidates For Exam
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced a shift in the date of its Basic Education Certificate Examination from May…
Nigerian Girl Wins U.S. Scholarship
Nigeria’s Oloruntobi Dare, a senior pupil at the Hubert Flowers High School, United States of America, USA, is among the…
How Rebasing Can Translate To Development
Dr Ayo Teriba, Managing Director of Economic Associates and one of the experts who knew how the figures came about,…
Getting Children Back To School
By Bilikis Bakare In the midst of current obscene display of opulence and grandeur in which some Nigerians own private…
Lagos Polytecnic Scraps Satellite Campuses
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, would be closing all its satellite campuses across the country by 2015. This…
ASUP Strike: Wike Is Distracted, Says Asomugha
National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP Chibuzo Asomugha, has stated that the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyeson Wike,…
SERAP urges Fashola cancel new fees in LASU
A civil society, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to “urgently reverse…
End Polytechnic Strike, Parents Beg FG
Some concerned parents in Abakaliki have appealed to the Federal Government to end the protracted strike by the academic staff…
Rejuvenating Technical Education In Nigeria
By Olalekan Olagunju The word education emanated from two Latin words “Educere” and “Educare” which means “Identify in a child…
Fashola: No Indigent Student Will Be Denied Education
Lagos State Government has offered to help any new student of the State’s University who stands the risk of losing…
NIJ Graduates 484 Students
Damilare Okunola At least, four hundred and eighty four students graduated from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, during its…
Day Polytechnic Students Paralysed Activities In Lagos
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Students of Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, government-owned polytechnics in Lagos State and a non government organisation, Education…
FUT Minna expels 5 students for exam malpractice
The authorities of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, in central Nigeria have expelled five students over alleged examination…
Abandoned Child Now Undergraduate
Kayode Aponmade Twenty years after Chidinma Sunday was abandoned at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where he was admitted, he…
England hires Chinese teachers for Maths
England, the home of some of the world’s elite schools and universities, is calling in maths teachers from China to…
Edo teachers’ test holds March 22
Edo state has fixed 22 March for the planned assessment of teachers in public Primary and Secondary Schools. But the…
Boko Haram: 250 Female Students Relocated
At least 250 students of the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Monguno, Borno, have so far relocated to the Federal…