By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu Sweetthinkers, a non-profit- organisation, on Thursday organised stage one of its Academic Excellence Award examination for pupils in public primary schools in all local governments areas of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the initiative is to supportContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Social Advancement Forum (SAF), has commended the Federal Government’s decision to approve Bachelor’s Degree programmes in 15 Federal Colleges of Education across Nigeria. The commendation follows President Bola Tinubu’s recent assent to a bill empowering these institutions to award both the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE)Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi A social impact organisation, I Volunteer for Leadership (IVLEAD), has unveiled the Feet for the Future initiative to provide shoes to 2,000 underprivileged children in the FCT. The initiative, which aligns with several Sustainable Development Goals, aims to eliminate inadequate footwear as a barrier to education andContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Vice-Chancellor of the African School of Economics (ASE), Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, has called for greater collaboration among universities and urged them to confront pressing global challenges. Adedimeji made the call in his address titled “Ideas Rule the World”, delivered at the fourth Public Lecture of theContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has urged Saint Lucian students to harness the power of education to shape a more prosperous and united Afro-Caribbean future. President Tinubu stated this while addressing students at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Morne Fortune on Tuesday, the fourth day ofContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government on Tuesday unveiled a forty million-dollar ICT project aimed at digitising and transforming tertiary education in Nigeria. Known as the Blueprint ICT Development (Blueprint-ICT-Dev) Project, the initiative is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and will be implemented across 10 federal universities. Speaking duringContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has inaugurated the newly appointed members of the Governing Councils of selected federal tertiary institutions and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Education. Alausa, who presented letters of appointment to the appointees on Tuesday in Abuja, charged them to provideContinue Reading
By Edeki Igafe The Olu of Warri Kingdom, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has urged students to drastically minimise the use of cell phones and focus more on reading books. The Royal Father made the remarks on Tuesday at the scholarship award ceremony held at Nana Model College, Warri. The scholarship, facilitatedContinue Reading
By Uchenna Eletuo The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University of Education, Prof. Bilkis Lafiaji-Okuneye, says computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would promote objective evaluation of candidates. Lafiaji-Okuneye made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. NAN reports thatContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has announced that a scholarship scheme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will begin in the next academic year. He made the announcement during a joint press conference with Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Philip Pierre, on Monday in GrosContinue Reading
