Barbing, Hairdressing, Garment Making now Compulsory in WAEC, NECO:Candidates sitting for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) will henceforth be taking entrepreneurship skills as compulsory subjects.According to the President, International Bureau of Education (IBE)and Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council …
It is no longer news that there is problem in the education sector of Nigeria. Globally, 60 million children are out on school while world leaders promised to address the challenge through education for all by 2015. Nigeria tops the list of nations with highest children out of school since …
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, a chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to upgrade Alvan Ikokwu Federal College of Education, Owerri to a university.Iwuanyanwu made the appeal at a rally to receive former PDP members back to the party in Owerri on Saturday.He said …
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Education to investigate allegations of corruption in the process of accrediting programmes in Nigerian Universities and its attendant’s effects.The committee is to determine if the condition of physical facilities and teaching staff meets the benchmark and minimum academic standards of programmes …
The National Universities Commission, NUC, is set to introduce entrepreneurial skills at undergraduate level in the nations tertiary institutions.This was revealed yesterday by the executive secretary of the commission, Prof Julius Okojie when a memorandum of understanding was signed by the Commission, Kaduna State University and Small and Medium Development …
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would commence processes to restore the teaching of history as a subject in primary and junior secondary schools.President Goodluck Jonathan said this when he received the Historical Society of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the …
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector have said that government’s inability to alleviate the fundamental challenges in the sector is responsible for the poor performance of students in the qualifying examinations organised by the National Examinations Council (NECO) and the West African Examination Council.Leading this call was the WAEC Chairman, Professor …
All over the world, education is considered as a human right that should be accorded. It is the reason why many international human rights bodies consider education a fundamental human right. Given the central importance of formal education, it soon became the largest social programme of the three tiers of …
The University of Ilorin on Tuesday said it had expelled three undergraduate students for internet fraud and theft.The institution also reprimanded 40 other students of the institution for violating the university’s dress code.It said Adeyemi Daniel Oluwaseyi of the Basic Medical Sciences was found guilty of unlawfully taking possession of ATM card and PIN belonging …
The Federal Government will soon resolve the age-long complaints of holders of Higher National Diploma, HND certificates over discriminations against them in favour of degree holders, in the areas of salary, promotion and other fringe benefits.Already, a meeting of all the Heads of Civil Service of the 36 states of …