To ensure no child is left behind in education development in spite of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission in partnership with the Ibironke Adeagbo Foundation (IAF), has inaugurated a cheap and affordable e-learning device for all students in the South Western part of the country to continue to […]
Education
World Bank loans Katsina, Kano, five others $500m for girl-child education
The World Bank Board of Directors on Wednesday approved a $500m credit from the International Development Association for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, to improve secondary education opportunities among girls in targeted areas. The World Bank said the project would support access to secondary education and empowerment for adolescent girls in seven […]
COVID-19: FUOYE VC urges varsities to adopt virtual teaching, distance learning
…as school matriculates 7500 The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Kayode Soremekun has charged management of Nigeria universities on the use of digital technology and distance learning to teach students during this period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Soremekun said the best way tertiary institutions in the country could tackle the […]
College workers, govt at war over 11-month salary, status
CRISIS The crisis rocking the conversion of College of Education, Ekiadolor in Edo State to Tayo Akpata University is yet to abate as the workers and pensioners are on a warpath with the state government over nonpayment of their 11-month salary, pension, gratuity, and lack of clear-cut status of staff Edo govt: Staff […]
Chrisland Varsity holds virtual matric for 148 students
The Vice-Chancellor of Chrisland University, a private university in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Prof. Chinedum Babalola, has called on the Federal Government to adopt “staggered” reopening of schools in the country. Babalola, a Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, said that while nobody knows when the global coronavirus pandemic would end, there was the need for gradual resumption […]
NYSC, firm partner to build skill acquisition centre
Determined to bridge the skill gaps among corps members and tackle the unemployment challenges in the country, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Hall 7 Project, a private estate developer firm, are partnering on how to build skills acquisition centre that will position corps members to be selfreliant after the service. The renewed […]
Poly kicks off commercial fish farming in Lagos community
As part of efforts to enhance food security in the Lagos State and support the state Government Food Security Project’s drive in boosting production of food chain, the management of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, has commenced a Cage Culture Pilot Project for Large Scale Fish Farming at Agbowa-Ikosi Beach in Epe Division of […]
TETFund, ministry to foster nation’s technological growth
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has partnered the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to further boost the nation’s technological, economic growth and development. To foster the collaboration, a 10-man Implementation Committee had been inaugurated in Abuja, where the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Mohammed Umar, lamented the country’s present technology growth, […]
WAEC to commence Aug. 17, as secondary schools reopen Aug. 4
The Federal Government has given the nod to all secondary schools in the country to resume academic activities from August 4, 2020, for graduating classes only. Also, the West African Senior Secondary Schools Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has been scheduled to commence on August 17, 2020, in order to […]
Caleb Varsity records giant strides in e-learning, distributes COVID-19 palliatives
Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, which emerged one of the select institutions to commence e-learning without interrupting its academic calendar, has successfully conducted academic, training and other regular activities on the university’s online platform, with student enrolment on the e-learning platform moving from 8% on April 20 to almost 100% by the beginning of July 2020. […]