Prof. Stephen Afolami, Vice-Chancellor, Augustine University, Epe in Lagos State, has identified overpopulation of students as a major challenge facing university education in Nigeria. Afolami made this known on Wednesday in a lecture at the 2019/2020 Matriculation of the Federal…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo As part of the efforts to secure quality education for Osun students, the state government through the Ministry of Education has, on Tuesday, sealed off about 23 substandard private schools across the state. The state government equally…
Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in Kano State staged a protest at the State’s House of Assembly on Tuesday. Issues in contention were retirement age and special salary scale. Addressing newsmen during the…
Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) Okitipupa, Ondo State, trains its students to become employers of labour, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sunday Ogunduyile, said on Tuesday. Prof. Ogunduyile said this in Okitipupa while addressing newsmen in the run-up to…
…Empowers 143 teachers in Edo, Delta States, holds Seplat Education Round Table A total of 143 comprising 100 secondary school teachers and 43 Chief Inspectors of Education (CIE) from Edo and Delta states were proud recipients of Seplat Teachers Empowerment…
Two former Vice Chancellors of the University of Ibadan have urged stakeholders to put merit above ethnic and religious consideration in the choosing a new Vice Chancellor for the institution. Emeritus Professors Ayo Banjo and Olufemi Bamiro, in separate interviews…
The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) said equipment worth N100 million had been acquired through the support of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for its departments of Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Electronics. The Deputy Dean, School of Post Graduate Studies,…
… Tasks Benue SUBEB Officials on constant monitoring of distributed items By Titus Atondu, Makurdi In the bid to uplift sporting activities in Public Schools in Benue State to the next level, Commissioner for Education, Processor Dennis Ityavyar has flagged…
Gov. David Umahi has charged the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to initiate measures to stamp out cultism in the nation’s tertiary institutions. Umahi gave the charge on Friday, while declaring open the 65th Emergency Senate Meeting of the…
Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, on Thursday confirmed that its virtual post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which commenced on Tuesday, was going on as planned. The Deputy Registrar of the institution, Mr Joe Ejiofor, said this in an interview…
