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The federal government has not fixed a date for the reopening of schools across the country, Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said on Monday.The minister said this …
Coronavirus: FG harps on re-opening of schools Read More
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates who wrote the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to print their result notification slips. JAMB gave the directive in …
UTME 2020: JAMB hands over fresh directive to candidates as admission looms Read MoreThe governor of Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun, says results of students in secondary schools in the state will henceforth be made public in order to foster healthy competitions. Abiodun …
Ogun schools set to make SSCE results public Read More
Babcock University has assembled a team of researchers to find a cure to the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. Vice chancellor of the university, Professor Ademola Tayo, in an interview featured in …
Babcock varsity researches COVID-19 cure Read More
Katsina state governor Aminu Bello Masari has charged the pioneer management of the newly established Federal Polytechnic, Daura, to work assiduously for the smooth take-off of the institution. Masari gave …
Daura Poly: Masari wants quick take-off Read More
In a bid to build locally-developed technologies in response to Covid-19 pandemic, Kaduna Polytechnics has designed and developed process plants for the production of medical oxygen and sodium hypochlorite, the …
Covid-19: Kadpoly designs process plant for medical oxygen, sodium hypochlorite, seeks N114m for local production Read More
Anambra state Commissioner for Basic Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha, has said the state was not in a hurry to reopen schools despite calls from primary and secondary schools’ teachers in …
Covid-19: We won’t succumb to pressure from teachers to open schools in Anambra – Commissioner Read More
UJI ABDULLAHI ILIYASU reports that the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro, goes about his national assignment with such zeal as if the next …
TETFund and Bogoro’s exemplary performance Read More
While the lockdown appears as a holiday, discussants at a Zoom Webinar argued that the COVID-19 lockdown can be utilised productively by researchers, lecturers and even students, Abdulsalam Mahmud reports. …
Lockdown not for holidaying, experts tell researchers, students Read More
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on governments at all levels, security agencies, community leaders and parents to create a safer environment for girl-child across all ages. …
Create safe climate for girl-child, NANS urges FG Read More
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed its displeasure over unpaid four months allowances of members, after they enrolled in the compulsory Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).The …
SSANU threatens strike over unpaid allowances Read More
An educationist, Mr Abdul-Ganiyy, Raji, has called on government at all levels to extend financial support to private schools, to mitigate the biting effect of the Covid-19 lockdown.Speaking in a …
Covid-19: Educationist drums support for private schools Read More
The National Youth Service Corps (NYCS), Thursday, extended the service year of four corps members to three extra months as a total of 3,704 of 2019 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 …
In Anambra, NYSC extends service year of 4 corps members, pass out others Read MoreThe Lagos state Commissioner of Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, has spoken of government’s plans to give palliatives to proprietors of private schools and their teachers. She spoke of the initiative …
‘Relief beckons for private school teachers’ Read More
The Nigerian House of Representatives has written the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on things he should make sure were done before the resumption of schools. Among the things …
Reps demand fumigation of schools, others before resumption Read MoreThe National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) established on May 22, 1973, has served as a platform for national cohesion and offered young Nigerians opportunity to know and appreciate Nigeria’s diversities. …
Ibrahim’s reforms in NYSC deserves commendation Read More
The Gombe state government has dismissed rumours that the federal government has fixed June 8 as resumption date for schools in the country just as it warned against the re-opening …
Gombe warns against re-opening of schools Read More
The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye, says the council is mobilising thousands of Nigerian teachers to participate in an online global conference. Ajiboye said this …
TRCN mobilises teachers for online global Conference Read More
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, has advocated for collaborative efforts to end the number of out-of-school children in the country. Abdullahi made the call in …
Children’s Day: Speaker seeks synergy to end out-of-school syndrome Read More
Kano state government says it will enrol the over 1,000 repatriated Quranic education pupils, generally known as “Almajiri” into formal schools in line with its free and compulsory education policy. …
Kano Govt offers free education to 1,000 repatriated Almajirai Read MoreA university lecturer, Dr Dipo Akomolafe, has appealed to the federal government to give more funds to public education in order to secure the future of Nigerian children. Akomolafe, a …
Children’s Day: Don seeks more funds for public education Read MoreWhile the higher education system in Benin is getting back to work, after the government said the ban on classes to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic would end …
Nigeria-based students cut off as varsities resume session Read More
Professor Anthony Eze of the Nnamdi Azikwe University (NAU), Awka, has decried the ineffective take off of online based education system due to lack of enabling infrastructure. Eze, who is …
Don decries lack of infrastructure for effective e-learning Read MoreBackground Globally, higher education policies have long been limited to assumptions and loose projections with little research-based evidence for policy. However, higher education has a key role to play in …
Why we need to introduce higher education studies- Muhammad Muftahu Read More
The federal government on Wednesday debunked allegation that schools will restart on June 8, 2020. Minister of state for Education Emeka Nwajiuba who stated this during the briefing of the …
Breaking: Again, FG opens up on schools’ resumption amid Covid-19 Read More