Professor Eric A. Hanushek and Dr Rukmini Banerji have been awarded the 2021 Yidan Prize, the world’s highest education accolade, in recognition of their ground-breaking work addressing a crucial piece of the education puzzle: improving quality of education and outcomes…
As the Federal Government unveils the activities for the commemoration of the 2021 the World Teachers Day (WTD), it commended teachers for preventing the collapse of education regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, gave…
The University of Ibadan has appointed Mr Adewuyi Popoola as its new bursar. The university’s Director of Public Communication, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, said in a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday that Popoola’s appointment took effect from Sept. 20. Fifty-seven-year-old…
The National Youth Sevice Corps, NYSC, has denied as fake a news release making the rounds on the social media that Corps Members travelling on “high risk roads” should alert their families, friends and colleagues in order to have somebody…
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State has warned that it would no longer tolerate any form of immoral acts by undergraduate students of the institution. The Senate of the institution threatened to rusticate any student involved in any form of…
Kaduna State University (KASU) has so far received over N10 billion from the state government for the development of its permanent site. The university authority disclosed that it received and appreciated the TETFund for the N3billion Zonal Intervention granted the…
The Federal Government has stopped students in Senior Secondary School one and two from participating in external West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE; the National Examination Council, NECO; and National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB. The development was…
Prof Suleiman Khalid, Chairman, Kebbi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), says the state government has spent over N4.5 billion on the construction and renovation of classrooms in primary schools across the state. Khalid stated this on Friday at the…
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Oyo State has adopted a literary book, ‘Iwe-kika’ (Book reading) for the implementation of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) in the state Iwe-Kika is a fun and interactive teaching tool that…
Prof. Sunday Ogunduyile, Vice-Chancellor, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, has warned students against indulgence in any form of vices. Ogunduyile gave the warning on Thursday at the institution’s permanent site in Okitipupa during orientation…
