The National Senior Secondary Education Commission has decried the dearth of infrastructural facilities in senior secondary schools in the country. The commission also said it has commenced the review of the Zero Draft Minimum Standard earlier produced in the year…

The World Bank Education Department has said the present education crisis in the world is the worst in 100 years. In a statement, the Communications team, NewGlobe, said even in countries many might have assumed to have nailed down the…

A socio-tech enterprise, Quanta Africa, has emphasised that developing entrepreneurs and training tech talents will help transform Africa. It said in a statement that through its TalentDev programme, it would train 100,000 tech talents within five years. As such, CEO,…

The Corona College of Education has said global education will make teachers globally employable. Speaking at the 5th convocation of the institution, guest lecturer, Prof. Charles Ogbulogo of Covenant University, in his lecture titled, ‘Education and globalisation: A Nigerian perspective’, …

Babcock University, Ogun State, has advised students to explore other learning avenues and not limit themselves only to their course of study. Speaking at the Babcock 2023 Career Fair, Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ademola Tayo, said it was organised to bring lots…

Osun State University, Osogbo has inaugurated a research team to drive the execution and implementation of its UNESCO-funded project under the International Fund for Cultural Diversity. Performing the inauguration at an event held at Ikire College of Humanities and Culture…

A 69-year-old man named Babatunde Fabiyi was part of the candidates who wrote the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, with the aim of studying medicine at the University of Lagos, information obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has…

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Benin City, Edo State capital, has declared that the June 8, 2022 directive of the state government suspending trade unions’ activities in tertiary institutions in the state as unconstitutional, illegal, null and…

No fewer than 1,000 students of Ondo State origin in higher institutions of learning were offered bursary of N50,000 each by the federal lawmaker representing Akoko North-East/ North-West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The beneficiaries…

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of Osun State University, Mallam Yusuf Alli, SAN, has advised federal and state governments to always consider merit while making appointments to the board of universities. Alli spoke at the 2-day leadership retreat…

…16,113 students to get N331.1m as scholarship No fewer than 21,988 students who scored 50 per cent and above in mock examinations conducted by Gombe State would benefit from the ratification of N417.5m as payment for West Africa Examination Council,…

A total of 2,253 textbooks sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund have been distributed to public federal and state colleges of education in the country. The books were written by scholars of the Nigerian Academy of Education. At the…

The Bunmi Adedayo Foundation has said quality training will improve the standard of mathematics education in public and private primary schools in Nigeria. Speaking at a training held for Mathematics teachers and titled, ‘A legacy of endless impact: The Bunmi…

Publishers printers and other stakeholders in the printing value chain have called on the Federal Government to resuscitate the moribund paper mills, as well as reduce tariffs and duties on printing materials. The submission was given at the maiden edition…

The regulatory body for teaching in Nigeria, the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria claimed that 70 per cent of private school teachers in Southwest states are unqualified. The South-west states in Nigeria are Lagos, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti.…