Education

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads to more states in the country, members of the National Youth Service Corps have intensified the production of hand sanitisers and face masks across 20 states. The NYSC said the production of more sanitisers and masks were to complement state Federal and State Governments’ efforts and to prevent community spread

What was the first thing that came to your mind when you heard that you were the best graduating student in the Department of Civil Engineering in the last academic session? I was very excited. I worked towards it. Even for the award that was given to me, the credit should not go to me

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that it has resolved over 4,000 online enquiries from candidates over the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) without any physical contact between staff and candidates. According to the board, the complaints were received on its online platform during the period of the lockdown on

In a bid to curb waste environmental issues, Nigeria Tulip International College, Lagos recently organised a science and art fair to provide practical solutions to some of these environmental problems. The fair brought schools as well as captains of industries, parents and members of the public together where they deliberated on the many challenges and

Nigeria’s Ministry of Education has said it is not reopening schools anytime soon so as to continue to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the country. The ministry’s spokesperson, Ben Goong, said on Sunday that there was no such directive from the minister, Adamu Adamu, as everyone had been instructed to work from home due

The Osun State Government has announced the commencement of School-on-air for primary and secondary school students of the State. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Jamiu Olawumi on Monday, he stated that the on-air education programme is to complement teaching and learning in the state. Mr. Jamiu said

Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB), is set to integrate 282 Quranic schools into the Zamfara Basic Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme with a view to ensuring that every child has access to free education in the state. This was contained in a statement by the public relations officer of the board,

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has said it has met stakeholders in the education sector on basic education admission guidelines. This followed insinuations that under-aged pupils were being admitted into Junior Secondary Schools in the state. A statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs Unit of the ministry, Mr Kayode Abayomi, said no decision

The National Association of the Parent-Teacher Association has disagreed with the Federal Government over the attempt to feed pupils at home during the lockdown period. Recall that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, during his nationwide broadcast on March 29 said the school feeding programme would not be affected by the lockdown. Buhari said, “Although

Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun (SAN), Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo has urged students of the institution to keep learning during the lockdown period by studying online. Fagbohun, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, said that the university was putting in place online platforms