20m-Out-of-school Children in Nigeria call for debate | Obasanjo
The Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday warned that the almost 20 million out-of-school children remain a fertile ground for breeding another insurgency in the country in the future. Obasanjo gave the warning during the opening of a two-day national summit on Tertiary Education Reform organised by the Office of the Speaker of the […]
Education Is Not The Yardstick To Success – Rapper, Chinko Ekun Speaks
Popular Nigerian rapper, Chinko Ekun has talked about the correlation between education and success. The rapper said that while he feels education is not a fraudulent venture, it is however not the yardstick to success. According to the rapper, a child needs to be taught how to “catch up with technology and how the world […]
World’s oldest pupil dies in Kenya aged 99
The world’s oldest primary school student, Priscilla Sitieni, has died at aged 99 in Kenya after developing a chest complication. According to The Standard newspaper, her grandson, Sammy Chepsiror, said that Gogo Priscilla (Granny Priscilla), as she was fondly known, died at home on Wednesday. Chepsiror added that, “Gogo has been in good health and […]
Half Salary: ASUU Members Won’t Be Paid For Work Not Done – FG
The federal government has insisted that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not be paid for work not done. On Wednesday, at the state house in Abuja, Adamu Adamu, minister of education, dismissed allegations that the federal government was trying to treat lecturers as causal workers by paying them on a […]
State Government approves Promotional exams for teachers
At least 3,700 teaching and non-teaching staff of the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission will sit for the 2022 promotion examination in the state, a statement by the commission’s press secretary, Olajide Abolarin, has said. According to the statement, the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved the conduct of promotion examinations for all categories of […]
Nigeria 10th largest country sending students to U.S. – Report
The United States has recorded an increasing number of students crossing the globe to gain practical, international experience that they can apply in their careers and life in a global society. The 2022 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released Monday, found that new international student enrollment in the United States had rebounded and […]
Pay ASUU February to October Salaries To Aviod Another Issues- Falana to Buhari
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to direct that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) be paid their full salaries. TheCable had reported the confusion that arose on Thursday when some ASUU members were not paid their full salary for October. The union had on […]
FUOYE Matriculates 7433 Students
Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), on Friday, matriculated 7433 new students into eleven faculties of the Ivory Tower amidst pomp and pegeantry. It was the 11th matriculation ceremony of the institution which was organised by the University Ceremonial Committee chaired by Prof. Tajudeen Opoola and which comprises deans of the faculties, as well as other officials […]
Fire: Our Records are Intact, no Life Lost – WAEC
THE Management of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has assured members of the public that all important documents and records are intact after an early morning fire gutted it’s National Office, Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday morning. It also confirmed that there was no life lost in the process. A statement by Head, Public Affairs […]
NYSC Announces Opening Date for Batch ‘C’ Stream One Orientation camps
The Management of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has announced the date for the 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream One Orientation Course. A statement by the scheme said it would commence on Wednesday 2nd November, 2022, and end on Tuesday 22nd November, 2022. It said the three weeks orientation exercise would hold simultaneously in all the […]