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President Muhammadu Buhari says in dealing with the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government cannot allow education and learning to take the back seat. He decried that the pandemic had forced school-age children to continue education and learning online as well as through the electronic media. He said this yesterday while joining

A team of researchers from the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, has unveiled a low-cost infrared thermometer. It was produced by Innovation Technology Centre of the institution. The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr. John Adekolawole, said the device which uses an infrared sensor to remotely capture temperature would cost less than N20,000. Adekolawole, in a

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has made the annoucement of the recruitment of one thousand (1000) teachers across the state. The announcement made on the official twitter account of the Governor. He further urge interested applicants to reach out to SUBEB at https://ondosubeb.com/contact-us/ In his tweet “Today we announced that we will begin

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed reservation on the online learning occasioned by the closure of schools over the coronavirus pandemic, saying, it cannot work in the Universities. Apart from the challenge of capacity requirement, the union premised its observation on the fact that “the quality in terms of content, in terms of

At least 98 teachers and 1,800 learners in South Africa’s Covid-19 epicentre province, the Western Cape, have tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus, forcing 20 schools to close. The schools will be disinfected this week. The southern African nation allowed schools to reopen from June 1. Education MEC Debbie Schafer, however, said the cases had

Lagos State Government has postponed entrance exams into secondary schools indefinitely. Lagos, through its State Examinations Board, LSEB, postponed, indefinitely, 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, into its Junior Secondary Schools in the state due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The examination was earlier scheduled for June 16 to 23, 2020. Director, LSEB, Mr. Supo Gbadegesin,

Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board has begun a new programme, titled ‘Reading Parents on Radio’ to reenact reading culture among youngsters. SUBEB Chairman, Prof Francisca Aladejana, said the programme was part of efforts of the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration to promote the culture of reading among school-age children and youths in the state. The

Ever since I revealed that the Governor of Kaduna state had sent me an email wherein he said that Southern women youth corpers were seen as “whores”, there have been multiple sophisticated attempts to hack my email account. I do not know why anyone will be stupid enough to think that a meticulous record keeper

‘Bond Nwanne,’ the former manager of popular singer musician, Phyno has published a book titled “Grounded ways to the music industry”. He said the book touches on “artistes understanding the music business, developmental processes of an artiste’s talent, branding both online and offline, carving a niche for yourself and building a formidable fan base. It

Sokoto State government plans to establish more non-formal learning centres (NFLC) under its Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA). Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education Alhaji Muhammad Gwiwa, said the decision to open more centres was informed by more children expressing their willingness to enrol in the programme. Gwiwa, who spoke while inspecting a