Vice-Principal 57, Defiles 12-Year-Old Pupil:A 57-year-old vice -principal of a school, Mr. Taiwo Ajayi, has been caught defiling a 12-year-old student of his school.According to a police statement in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, Ajayi was said to have allegedly committed the offence inside his office at Saint Mary’s Girls Grammar School, …
JAF Declares Workers Day to Protest Hike In LASU, LASPOLY Fees:The Joint Action Front (JAF) has declared May Day for protest in Lagos against the hike in the fees paid by students of the Lagos State University and other state institutions.This was disclosed in statement signed by JAF general secretary, …
JTF Seal Up Illegal Naval School in Kogi:The joint military task force, comprising the Army, the Navy, State Security Services , police and Civil defence on Tuesday sealed up an illegal Naval Seafarer training school at Idah in Kogi State.The task force recovered various military hardwares, a pump action gun …
Nigerians Commend FG for Planning to Resolve HND/BSC Dichotomy;Nigerians on Monday commended the Federal Government for setting up a committee to resolve the Higher National Diploma (HND) and Degree holders’ dichotomy.The Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, on April 24 at a special retreat for chairmen of Governing Councils …
Strike: ASUP, COEASU and NLC Set to Embark on Street Protest Today:ACADEMIC Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, are set to embark on a street protest today to pile pressures on Federal Government to respect the agreement reached …
UNESCO Boss Attributes Students’ Poor Results to Inadequate Preparation:The Secretary-General of National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Mrs. Magdalene Anene-Maidoh, has attributed students’ poor performance in public examinations to inadequate preparation and poor reading habit.She spoke alongside other educationists during the presentation of ‘Readers 100 …
20 Best WAEC Candidates in Ogun Get UK Training:The 20 best candidates in the WAEC organized 2012/2013 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination have departed for the United Kingdom to take part in a training programme.The OgunState Governor’s wife, Olufunso Amosun, alongside the Buckwood School, Hastings in the United …
Gov Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers on Saturday said his administration was making effort toward making the state the education-hub in sub-Saharan Africa.Amaechi made the remark at the maiden convocation of the Rivers State College of Arts and Science (RIVCAS) in Port Harcourt.Amaechi, represented by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Lawrence …
The Federal Ministry of Education has begun the development of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) syllabus, ahead of the Federal Government’s bid to provide a harmonised Basic Education Certificate (BEC).This development is to ensure that the BEC obtained in any school around the country, remains acceptable and of equal …
Mrs Rosemary Hua, the Coordinator, First Step Action for Children, said the NGO was sponsoring 4,600 children who were victims of HIV/AIDS in various schools in Benue and Nasarawa states.Hua told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Makurdi that some of the children were orphans living with …