By Toba Ajayi The Federal Polytechnic, Ayede in Oyo State, on Friday matriculated its 211 pioneer students for the 2022/2023 academic session. The maiden ceremony of the institution took place at the polytechnic’s temporary site in Iresa-Pupa, Surulere Local Government Area of the state. In a speech, the Rector, DrContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nasir The Federal College of Education (FCE), Gidan Madi, in Sokoto State, on Wednesday, matriculated 287 students during its maiden matriculation ceremony. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FCE Gidan Madi which was established in 2019 started its academic activities in 2023 with eight programmes. TheContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde The Chief Executive Officer of the UK charity, IA-Foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, has warned that increasing tuition fees in Nigerian universities could compound the crisis plaguing the country’s education sector. Speaking against the backdrop of increases in tuition and other fees by some universities in Nigeria, AdeagboContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Dr Kabir Kabo, a renowned academic, has been appointed Pro-Chancellor of one of the National Universities Commission’s 37 newly approved private Universities, Prime University, Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim, Advisor on Media and Strategy to Kabo, which quoted a letterContinue Reading
By Clara Egbogota Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has urged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state to contribute their quota to the development of the respective communities they were posted to. Oborevwori gave the charge at the official closing ceremony of the 2023 BatchContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu An educationist, Mr Kennedy Ozoemena, Deputy Director, Secondary Education Board has advised parents to build a positive relationship with their children’s teachers to improve children’s academic achievements and emotional well-being. Ozoemena, who is also the Head, Mentoring Unit of the board gave the advice at the 23rdContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The National Parents-Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has urged parents and guardians to engage their children and wards with skill during the holidays. The National Deputy Chairman of NAPTAN, Mr Adeolu Ogunbanjo, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday inContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said it would train twenty-nine teachers in South Korea on Smart education project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Teachers were drown from six states, namely Cross River, Bauchi, Anambra, Nasarawa, KanoContinue Reading
By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu Some staff of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU),Awka, Anambra, on Thursday staged a peaceful protest over non-payment of their four years salaries. The protesters lamented that since they got their employment letters in 2019, they had yet to be captured in the Integrated PayrollContinue Reading
Busayo Onijala Some education stakeholders have adopted a code of conduct for use by primary and secondary schools in Lagos State to ensure a safer environment for learning and growth. They adopted the code as a working document at a seminar organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Education inContinue Reading
