The Plateau State Government has deregistered all private schools in the state and urged all proprietors to obtain fresh operation licenses in order to checkmate the proliferation of illegal schools. Commissioner of Education (Secondary), Mrs. Elizabeth P. Wapmuk disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists in Jos and said the government is determined to provide […]
Education
ASUU Strike: We can’t afford to abandon students – Kwara Senator
Disturbed by the lingering industrial action of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Senator representing Kwara North Senatorial District, Sadiq Suleiman Umar, has expressed hope that the matter would soon be resolved. He said stakeholders, including the legislature, cannot afford to turn blind eyes to the plight of students, who have been adversely affected […]
Idara Private School celebrates 10th graduation in grand style
The management, teachers and pupils of Idara Private School, Fowotade Street, Dopemu, Agege in Lagos will not forget the 10th graduation/ valedictory service, organised to celebrate academic accomplishments for the outgoing pupils in a hurry. The event, which was attended by parents, well-wishers and other guests, according to the Proprietress of the school, Mrs. […]
Reprieve for Karl Kumm Varsity after a long feud
RESOLU TION After one year of delayed take-off of academic activities due to protracted face-off between the management of Karl Kumm University in Vom, Plateau State, and its host community, the stage is now set for September resumption of full activities in the private institution Governor: Crisis at varsity does not speak well […]
Registrar: Conduct of ongoing NECO encouraging, hitch-free
…as over 1.2m candidates write exams A total of 1,209,000 candidates are currently participating in this year’s 2022 National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), which commenced nationwide on June 27, 2022. The results of the examination, which will also end on August 12, 2002, will be released 45 day after the […]
TeensThink harps on right support, resources for children to develop
For the country to raise intelligent, diligent, upright and productive children, who are completely equipped to excel as future leaders and relevant citizenry in their various chosen fields of endeavour, there is the need for the government and critical stakeholders in the nation’s education to be resolute in the determination and resolve to provide them […]
Amusan, the amazing Amazon!
Away from the gloom of “the malady of the infinite”, as Emile Durkheim, would once characterise the harsh reality and normlessness of our daily life in Nigeria, there was a bloom recently that ignited global attention. The Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan, conquered the world on July 24, 2022 by winning the 100 metres hurdles at […]
UTME: Varsities decide cut off marks not JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has once again noted that it does not determine UTME requirements for any institution, as each tertiary institution in the country decides its minimum cut off mark. Reacting to an online publication quoting former Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President, Prof. Nasir Fagge, JAMB in a statement […]
JUST IN: Former LASU VC, Prof Hussein, is dead
A former Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Lateef Hussein, has reportedly passed on after a brief illness at the age of 75. As learnt, Hussein, the 6th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution, would be buried in accordance with Islamic rites at the Atan Cemetery in Lagos on Monday. The Vice […]
LASU don seeks to improve teaching, learning of physics
The need to address the criticism that characterised the teaching-learning process of Physics and subsequent students’ performance in the subject was again brought to the fore at the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Lagos. It was at the 84th inaugural lecture of the university and the first inaugural lecture in the Department of Physics Education […]