BY ISAH ABBAS AHMED Recently, Kaduna State Governor was quoted saying about 21,780 out of 33,000 Kaduna State teachers failed primary four test conducted by the state government to know the ability of the teachers. […]
(For six weeks, PREMIUM TIMES’ Oladeinde Olawoyin travelled to the riverine communities of Ese-ofin, Ojota and Egan-Oromi in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State to monitor the conditions under which pupils of St. Phillips […]
On Saturday 10, 2017, the African Independent Television (AIT) and some other stations aired the finals of the 2017 Cowbell Mathematics Competition for secondary school students. The contest, annually sponsored by Promasidor, makers of Cowbell […]
THE Vice Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo, Professor Labode Popoola, on Monday attributed prevailing economic situations in the country and lack of funding from Osun State government as major reasons for the increase […]
It is with pain that millions with conscience received the news that about 10.5 million children of school age are out of school in Nigeria. Not only is this dangerous for society, it also amounts […]
Something has to give within the education system, and if what gives is the cycle of incompetence guaranteed by weak political will and irresponsible unions, then so be it. In Kaduna State right now, over […]
I don’t have the words to describe the rot, the stench, the inhuman condition of the Lagos State school buildings. Shame on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for allowing our children to learn in pig puddle buildings. […]
Barely two weeks to the commencement of his one year National Youth Service Scheme, a graduate of the Yaba College of Technology, Oluwamuyiwa Oluwagbemileke, aka Spartacus, has ended his life. The 27-year-old graduate of electrical […]
The quality of teaching and learning in schools, I believe, is a shared responsibility irrespective of our differences and a senator who claims to have the interest of his people at heart should know better. […]
Human rights lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, has given insights into how the Kaduna State Government could legally sack its 21,780 primary and secondary school teachers who recently failed the competency test conducted by the government. Mr. […]
No fewer than 24,000 applicants to the University of Lagos who scored 200 marks and above will still be unable to secure admission in the institution in the 2017/2018 academic session. The outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. […]
THAT there is discrimination between polytechnic graduates and university is now becoming more evident than ever. Imagine someone who went to a polytechnic for his Higher National Diploma (HND) programme. He would spend the first […]
The Polytechnic lecturers will begin another round of indefinite strike across the federation from next week Monday, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), declared in Abuja on Monday. ASUP made the declaration as it […]
A 16-year old 100-level student of Microbiology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mercy Afolaranmi, has committed suicide, an official told PREMIUM TIMES. According to the school’s Chief Security Officer, Babatunde Oyatokun, Miss Afolaranmi, poisoned […]
The Federal Government has commenced the review of the Civic Education curriculum for Senior Secondary Schools in the country. Nigerian Tribune recalls that when the basic education curriculum was reviewed by the last administration of […]
…it seems to me that while the clamour for the restructuring of the Nigerian polity is a welcome development, it is not something that can be achieved in the twinkling of an eye. Our best […]
A row has broken out in Uganda over proposals to extend sex education to 10-year-olds and give some 15-year-olds access to family planning services. The Ministry of Health has refused to endorse the guidelines, which were designed […]
Most of us are familiar with the fable of the dog and the tortoise. During a severe famine in the animal kingdom, all animals were instructed to eat their parents. While the famine persisted, all […]
South Sudan has been named as the toughest nation in the world for girls to receive an education, with nearly three-quarters failing to attend even primary school, according to an index published this week. Central African […]
An end to the lingering crisis and resumption of academic activities at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) may be close as the two owner state governments of Osun and Oyo have begun to contribute […]
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