The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has expressed concern about the poor remuneration of lecturers in Nigeria and some other countries.This was contained in a statement on Saturday in Lagos by Mr Toyin Adebule, the Deputy Registrar, Information, University of Lagos, after a …
The Kano State Government has screened 16,000 teachers for training in adult and mass literacy education.This was contained in a statement by Mr. Mus Tanko, Public Relations Officer of the State Agency for Mass Education, in Kano on Saturday.The statement quoted Prof. Fatima Umar, Executive Secretary of the agency as …
The National Association of Imo State Students (NAISS) has been charged to ensure total eradication of cultism and other social ills in their universities.The Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Development, Mr Uche Nwosu, gave the charge at an interactive forum with the executive members of the association on Saturday in …
The Kano State Government bought sporting facilities worth N5 million and distributed same to boarding secondary schools in the state, Alhaji Habib El-Yakub, the Director-General, Kano State Secondary Schools Management Board, said.El-Yakub made the disclosure in Kano at the presentation of prizes to the 33 schools that participated in the …
The Federal Government has approved the restructuring of six Federal Training Centres to tertiary institutions to offer Monotechnic programmes.This is contained in a statement signed by Dr Tope Ajakaiye, the Director of Communications, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF) on Friday in Abuja.The statement quotes …
The 24th Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games will be formally declared open on Saturday by President Goodluck Jonathan, an official said on Friday.The biennial event which commenced on Wednesday with the arrival of student-athletes and accreditation will end on Feb. 22, Cecilia Arinye, a NUGA Council member has said.Arinye, …
The Director of Educational Development, Kaplan International Colleges, Mr. Claire Rawlins, says the institution is interested in Nigerian pupils because of their exceptional talents.The college, he said, would expand its frontiers in Nigeria.He stated this during the inauguration of the US pathway programme in Lagos, a statement obtained by our …
The Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, says the Higher School Certificate (A Levels) programme, may return soon in the nation’s school system.The programme was part of the 6-5-2-3 education policy, which enabled pupils to obtain HSC that qualifies them for direct admission into university.He said this at the …
Students of the College of Education, Hong, Adamawa, have started vacating campus over alleged threat letters from members of Boko Haram asking them to leave.Some of the students who spoke to newsmen on the issue on Thursday, said it had caused tension in the school resulting in mass exodus of …
It has been said that any university that is not impacting on its community is not worth its salt, therefore, in this enounter with Vanguard Learning in Yola, five undergraduate students of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) share their experiences, saying they are being trained to bring about the …