Olayiwola Oshunrinade Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has announced a reward of N5 million and a bungalow for Kayode Adewale, a mathematics teacher who was recently shortlisted for the $1 million Global Teacher Prize. Adewale, who teaches at Imagbon/Imaka Comprehensive High School, was named among the top 50 finalists for the prestigious prize. Governor Abiodun […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Federal Government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. The directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun […]
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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Over 2,000 students from the five Government Technical Colleges in Lagos State on Monday graduated as skilled professionals at the Year 2024 Graduation of Technical College students. Speaking during a graduation ceremony coordinated by the Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board, LASTVEB, held at De-Blue Roof, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos State Governor, Mr. […]
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Dear Professor Tahir Mamman Thanks to your recent position and consequent policy around our children’s education age, you have earned our attention and today’s epistle. From what we read in the media, it appears that you are keen to stop young students who can do so from getting into tertiary education before the age of […]
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By Umunna Kalu Recently, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, raised a controversial policy issue concerning reversing the entry age for admission into universities and other tertiary institutíons in Nigeria from 16 to 18 years. Mamman raised the contending issue during his tour of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination centres, in Bwari, the Federal […]
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With 76% failure rate in JAMB and 84.36% success rate in WAEC by candidates, definitely there’s a disconnect between the secondary school curriculum and JAMB syllabus /questions. Our managers of education should look into this obvious disharmony. Something must be wrong somewhere. Either the standard of education continues to drop while the quality of JAMB […]
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No nation can truly grow until its people are educated, as Nelson Mandela famously stated. Is Nigeria an example of this? The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government, FG, have reached a stage that requires some important decisions must be made over the resumption date for the tertiary institutions across Nigerians’ […]
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The Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, has emerged as the winner of the inaugural Africa Education Medal, launched this year by T4 Education and HP in collaboration with Intel and Microsoft. The Africa education medal was founded to recognise the work of changemakers who are transforming African education. Professor Phakeng […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto. The Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, presented Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State with a letter of recognition for the new university, during a visit to the NUC on Monday in Abuja. The institution is the 58th state university […]
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Victoria Ojugbana, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the bills for the establishment of additional two universities in the state – Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) and Lagos State University of Science and Technology. Governor Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday assented to the bills transmitting Lagos State Polytechnic in Ikorodu, Isolo and Surulere campuses […]
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