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A primary school student in Lagos State has achieved an extraordinary feat and at the tender age of 9. Jomiloju Tunde-Oladipo, a primary 6 student of Role Model School in the Oregun area of the state recently became one of the world’s youngest Microsoft certified professionals. Jomiloju emerged first among the 21 candidates who took […]

  Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has directed the 27 sole administrators of local government areas in the state to set up a task force that will apprehend children of school age who hawk or loiter about during school hours. Governor Okorocha, who gave the directive at the Government House, recently, said that government

Frustrated by over four months of strike that has kept their future in the balance, leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS zone ‘B’ has given the members of the Academic Staff  Union of Universities (ASUU) seven days to call off strike and return to the class. The Union warned that at the

  The Old Boys’ Association of Loyola College, Ibadan, has urged the Oyo State government to return missionary schools to their original owners. It said this would tackle the falling standard of education. The association’s National President, Dr. Benedictus Ajayi, spoke with reporters yesterday on the state of facilities at the college. He said the

  Anambra State Governor Peter Obi yesterday distributed 100 vehicles to secondary schools. He said it was in fulfilment of his promise to spend N40 billion on “the final push” towards accelerating the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Speaking yesterday at the Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital, Obi said his administration

Ghana’s public universities are facing a boom in applications, but do not have sufficient facilities to meet growing demand that has been exacerbated by an influx of students from neighbouring countries and a double cohort leaving school this year. As a result, admission to universities is no longer based on obtaining the required grades –

  Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Tuesday received a standing ovation from youths and the students of all the tertiary institutions in the state, even as he donated no fewer than 12 buses to the Students’ Union Governments of all the institutions.   The youths and students from both federal and state-owned institutions

Google has launched an online ‘video university’ to give lessons in everything from cooking to DIY. The Helpouts service launches today, and has over 1,000 providers signed up, ranging from chefs to psychotherapists. Users can access the service by searching for Helpouts on Google via their desktop, or downloading the app via an Android device.

  It has been revealed that school administrators and teachers in both private and public sectors lack absolute knowledge on the content of National Policy on Education. This knowledge gap among the administrators became obvious last week during a one-day leadership training for Heads of schools and administrators organized by the Centre for Human Security,

Adbullahi Mahuta, the lawmaker representing Malumfashi Constituency at the Katsina State House of Assembly, has donated footwear to primary schoolchildren in the state. Speaking at an event, the legislator said the donation, which included school sandals and socks, would contribute to the educational development of the 800 pupils. He pointed out that the economic challenges