Principals of public econdary schools in Oyo State have been charged to be alive to their responsibilities of molding Nigeria’s future by building improved educational standards in the State. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barr. Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem made this call, while hosting the Executive Council of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals […]
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The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Emmanuel Osodeke, has revealed how the union, during its last negotiations, rejected Federal Government’s plan to increase school fees of all university students to N1m. He said government’s plan was to open an education bank and give each student a loan of N1m annually at […]
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A student of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Kaitlin Gee-Akwada, emerged as the one-day Vice Chancellor in her school as she attained a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0. The elated student took to her LinkedIn page to share pictures of the event on Wednesday. According to Gee-Akwada, her achievement was an answered prayer and a […]
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National President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim • UI chapter vows continued protest Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has begun mobilisation of members for strike in the event that the Federal Government fails to review the allowance-sharing formula […]
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• Nigeria marching backwards, says ASUU, NANS, ANCOPPS Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s promises at a recent international forum that allocation to education would be increased by at least 50 per cent in the next few years and by about 100 per cent by 2025, allocation to the sector in the 2022 budget estimate still fell […]
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This is the second and concluding part of the interview Vanguard had with Aare Afe Babalola, legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD. The university, situated along the road to Iluomoba-Ekiti and Imesi is a marvel, given that it is the product of just one man’s vision. The physical development dwarfs that […]
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•From left: Permanent Secretary of Ondo State Ministry of Education, Mrs. Lola Amuda; Miss Olawunmi Lawal, CEO of Greater Tomorrow International College Arigidi Akoko, Chief Mrs Lawal during the best private school award presented by the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja. Inset: Mrs. Ojo standing by the bus awarded to her school Bolade Junior […]
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•Founder of ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola (2nd left), his wife, Yeye Aare Modupe Babalola (middle) and the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Smaranda Olarinde (2nd right) and others with the patient at the VIP ward of the Hospital The procedure at the dedicated twin-transplant theatre of ABUAD Multi-system Hospital With its first kidney transplant successfully performed last week, […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State Government has been urged to spend the N30 billion allocated to education in the 2022 budget proposal on infrastructural and personnel development. However, the stakeholders who conceded that the 16 percent allocation to education in the budget is below the UNESCO’s standard of 26 percent, commended the state government for […]
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Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar (left); Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, representing the Minister of Education at the opening ceremony of the 4th International Conference on Safe Schools Declaration in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: NAN • 1,436 pupils, 17 teachers abducted from schools between […]
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