Principal Urges Parents to Enrol Their Children in Good Schools:The Principal, Babcock University Schools, Ogba, Lagos, Mr. Gabriel Fasanu, has urged parents to enrol their children in schools that focus on academic excellence and good moral upbringing.He also blamed the existence of mushroom schools as well as special centres on …
The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, has said the Lagos State Government is not conducting any competency test for teachers in its primary and secondary schools.It was reported last week that the state government would carry out an assessment of teachers in public primary and secondary schools, …
The Acting Head, Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, University of Lagos, Prof. Carol Opara, has said that government’s inability to provide adequate infrastructure in schools, as well as the low moral values of parents, are major factors contributing to the spate of examination malpractices in the country.She gave …
FG Opens Institute for Entrepreneurial Skill Development:The Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank on Thursday inaugurated the Global Distance Learning Institute for the development of entrepreneurial capacity of Nigerian students.The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who inaugurated the institute in Abuja, said the move was part of …
Lagos to Stop Employing Teachers Without TRCN Certificate:The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, said yesterday that teachers without the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, Certificate would no longer be employed in the state.Oladunjoye made the statement during the first induction ceremony of the council for graduates of National Teachers Institute’s, …
Edo Teachers Dare Government Competency Test:THE Edo State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, said yesterday, that its members would not sit for any competency test conducted by the state government. Its chairman, Mr Mike Uhunmwangho disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in …
Ondo Students Protest Non-Payment of Bursary, Scholarship Award:The popular Oba Adesida road was turned to a football playing field while other group of the students have made firewood and cooking pots on the road.The National Association of Ondo State Students (NAOSS) yesterday, staged a peaceful protest against the non-payment of …
DESPITE the allocation of over N237 billion for basic education between 2009 and 2013, recent data shows that only about three million more students were admitted into the nation’s primary schools. With the population growth witnessed over the past four years, it is no wonder Nigeria’s 10.5 million out-of- school …
ALHAJI Tajuddeen Dantata and Mr. Jon Freeman, two Board members of the American University of Nigeria, in October last year, decided to honour one of their Board colleagues, Dr Enyantu Ifenne, by sponsoring two scholarships in her name for JAMB candidates entering AUN.According to a release made available to Vanguard …
Graduate With 1st Class, Get Masters, PhD Scholarship — Utuama:THE Delta State Deputy Governor, Professor Amos Utuama, has charged students across tertiary institutions in the state to work very hard in their various institutions in order to ensure that they graduate in flying colours.While speaking during the 6th Inauguration Ceremony …