AT an event in Yola, Adamawa State, the chairman of the Adamawa State Universal Education Board, Mohammed Toungo, recently declared that the Almajiri schools established by the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan were too […]
A 400-level student of the University of Lagos, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, talks about the Facebook post that led to his rustication with GBENGA ADENIJI Were you part of the University of Lagos Students’ Union executives recently […]
SIR: No career is as time-wasting as going to school, especially in Nigeria where the essence of school is not made clear. A school is a place people go to get educated. Education is the […]
LAST week, gripping details of some deviant students hiding under the cloak of religion and planning to disrupt the prevailing peace on the campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, were brought to […]
The disenfranchisement of the candidates who are supposed to take their West African Senior School Certificate Examination mathematics papers on Saturday is painful and embarrassing. If the children of the top officials of the Independent […]
Unlike the tech entrepreneur, many of Nigeria’s wealthiest amassed their fortunes by shooting their way to power, rigging elections, through contract fraud, from questionable acquisition of oil blocks or other transfers of public assets. I […]
The idea of education for development motivates Osun to prioritise education. Governor Aregbesola underscores this in the address he delivered at the opening of the Osogbo Government High School last week. In his words, “Education […]
•It goes beyond simple declaration; education stakeholders will do a lot more work to achieve this objective Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has finally confirmed the abolition of the controversial dichotomy between the Higher […]
KANO—It was wailing and tears, yesterday, at the Kano University of Technology, Wudil, when a two-storey building under construction collapsed, claiming no fewer than 20 lives. However, in a swift reaction, the institution’s Vice Chancellor, […]
On Friday, June 3, 2016, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had an interactive meeting with Pro-chancellors and Vice-chancellors of all federal universities in the country in order to deliberate on the way forward in […]
A former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, yesterday said he was leaving the board better than he met it after nine years. Prof. Ojerinde told reporters at a […]
Federal Government Colleges must ensure equal access to all Nigerians The ongoing dispute over the purported increase of tuition fees in Nigeria’s Federal Government Colleges is a stark reminder of the inequalities and unsettled issues […]
Engineers, technologists, technicians, and related stakeholders came together last week under the auspices of The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. It was COREN’s 25th annual conference, held from Monday, August 8, through […]
The Ministry of Education has released a new schedule of fees for all Unity Schools in the country. The announcement was made since June 2016, contrary to the claim by the Minister of Education, Adamu […]
The Federal Government has banned the collection of development levies by Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) in the 104 unity colleges across the country, the Federal Ministry of Education says. The ministry in a statement in Abuja […]
The Federal Government has approved the appointments of 17 new chief executives heads for some parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. A statement from the ministry on Monday said the appointment was […]
Approximately 120 Nigerian undergraduate and graduate students newly admitted to U.S. higher education institutions attended an EducationUSA pre-departure orientation at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos today, July 26, 2016. The newly admitted students enjoyed […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday announced the withdrawal of the lists of recommended candidates for admission it earlier sent to tertiary institutions for consideration. In a statement issued in Abuja by its […]
Sometime in 2005, University admission seekers received perhaps the most shocking news of their lives. The then Minister of Education, Mrs. Chinwe Obaji, introduced a strange policy of subjecting candidates another round of psychological torture […]
When I applied for admission to the university in the 1960s, I knew nobody. There was no godfather or godmother. Neither my parents nor my older siblings could assist me, because they were all stark […]
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