Saturday, October 10

Education

Oyo raises concern over late-night exams

The Oyo State Government has expressed deep concern and sympathy for students, parents and guardians affected by the delays experienced during the ongoing 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, conducted by the West African Examinations Council. This was conveyed…

OAU Fulfilled Founding Fathers’ Vision, Says TETFund Boss

The executive secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, has said the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has lived to the ideals of its founding fathers, breeding experts in various fields of human endeavors. Echono, while delivering a lecture…

Nigeria’s Teacher Training Outdated for Modern Classrooms

A curriculum scholar and Frederick N. Andrews Fellow at Purdue University, United States, Christabel Anumenechi, has raised concerns that Nigeria’s teacher education system is still designed for an outdated classroom model, despite the rapidly changing realities of where and how…

CPN Pushes for Post-Rescue Support for Abducted Students

The Child Protection Network Nigeria, in collaboration with a coalition of non-governmental organisations, has called for urgent strengthening of child protection systems across the country. This is as they urged federal and state authorities to establish sustainable structures for the…

Teachers Demand Urgent Action on Abductions

Education stakeholders on Wednesday raised concerns over the growing insecurity in schools across the country, urging governments at all levels to take urgent steps to protect teachers and students from attacks, abductions and other forms of violence. An estimated 603…

New Book Tackles Financial Stress & Poor Habi

Author and financial educator, Yemisi Adepoju, has unveiled a new book aimed at helping individuals break free from debt cycles and chronic financial stress, while addressing the behavioural and emotional patterns behind poor money management. The book, Broke After Pay…

Some Private School Teachers Earn N20,000

The Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Dr Ronke Soyombo, has expressed concern over the poor remuneration of teachers in some private schools, revealing that some educators still earn as little as N20,000 monthly. She spoke on Wednesday…

Gombe denies underfeeding students, blames WAEC timetable

The Gombe State Ministry of Education has dismissed allegations of underfeeding students at Government Girls Mega College, Doma, attributing complaints by some final-year students to disruptions caused by the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination timetable. Some Senior Secondary…

Teacher Education Neglect Threatens Nigeria’s Future — NCCE

The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education, Angela Ajala, has cautioned that continued neglect of teacher education could have far-reaching consequences for national development. Ajala made the remarks in Abuja during a courtesy visit by the…

Teachers Demand Urgent Action on Abductions

The Kogi State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest in Lokoja to condemn the increasing cases of schoolchildren abductions and attacks on educational institutions across the country. The protest, organised in line with…

OAU to Unveil N10bn Tinubu Youth Empowerment Centre

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has announced plans to unveil the N10bn President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Centre of Excellence in Intercultural Dialogue and Youth Empowerment on June 8. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Simeon Bamire,…

Koladaisi University Bags Full NUC Accreditation for Health

Koladaisi University, Ibadan, has bagged the National Universities Commission’s full accreditation for health science programmes including Nursing Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health, Human Anatomy, and Human Physiology. The approval was conveyed in a letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof…

MAPOLY Expels 365 Students Over Fake Admission Documents

Authorities of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, have expelled 365 students for gaining admission into the institution using falsified academic documents. The affected students, enrolled for various Higher National Diploma programmes, were found to have presented fake National Diploma results and…

LASU Eyes Harvard, Yale Partnerships for Global Growth

The Chancellor of Lagos State University, Oba Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, has outlined the university’s intention to pursue partnerships with Ivy League and other leading international institutions as part of efforts to enhance learning, research and global opportunities for its students. Ogunsanwo…

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