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World Bank is set to spend at least $80m (N13.1b) on the Redeemer’s University and nine other Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE), in Nigeria. World Bank Lead Economist Africa Education, Mr. Andreas Blom, stated this on Monday, at a meeting of World Bank with 10 ACE, in Abuja. He said the World Bank would build […]
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The solution to the crisis over the new education policy of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State is not yet in sight as the state government and Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, are poised for a showdown. The state government had, yesterday, summoned parents of the 92 students identified as the masterminds of the
OSUN SCHOOL CRISIS: Baptist Conference Asks Parents To Shun Governor’s Order Read More »
Scores of teachers in primary and secondary schools in Edo State, yesterday, held a protest rally against the state government’s plan to conduct a competency test for all teachers in the state. The teachers, who stormed Auchi, Etsako-West Local Government Area of the state, rejected the plan by the government to subject them to
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The World Bank says public secondary schools in Lagos have improved exceedingly in academics within 2009-2013 more than the proposed appraisal target. This is contained in a report from the World Bank obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. According to the report, 90 per cent of the schools which
World Bank rates Lagos Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance High Read More »
For two days running, tension continues to mount in Iwo, Osun state as situation at Baptist High School, Iwo yesterday took a new dimension when some students of the school mobilized masquerades to the school. The students of the school, it was gathered also appeared in masquerade attire and prevented academic activities in the school
Bothered by the yearly failures of secondary school students in their Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has swung into action to tackle the downward trends by organising national trainings for secondary school teachers, beginning with Lagos State. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a three-day teachers’ training, Head
WAEC tackles failures among secondary school students, trains teachers nationwide Read More »
UBA Foundation has spurred education career of Nigerian youths as it organised a mentoring and reading session with the students of the Sacred Heart Girls International School – Marian Calabar. Speaking during the mentoring session, UBA Regional Bank Head, Cross River Bank, Uduak Afangide who led the UBA delegation, said that the bank has come
Way To Go! UBA Foundation mentors students on reading Read More »
For many people, taking notes on a laptop is faster and more legible than scribbling furiously with a pen. But U.S. scientists have found the modern method could be harmful to academic performance as laptops encourage ‘mindless transcription’. They found that students putting pen to paper displayed a better grasp of concepts that they
After 110 days of strike, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has said that polytechnic lecturers will not return to their classrooms until the union’s demands are met by the Federal Government. ASUP made this declaration yesterday after a National Executive Council meeting of the union in Abuja. In an interview with Newsmen after
After 110 days of strike, Poly teachers vow to continue shunning lecture theatres Read More »
In Malawi young girls are sent to initiation camp where they learn how to have sex and in some cases lose their virginity. These girls as young as 10-years-old are made to attend initiation camp, which is considered a rite of passage. They are sent by their families to make sure they are accepted into
