THE Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said the socio-economic condition of a family should not deny the children the opportunity of accessing quality education, adding that it is a tool for development. Ambode said […]
ABUJA—THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday accused the Federal Government of being responsible for the backwardness of education in the country which had affected its global rating. ASUU lamented that instead of the […]
The Federal Government on Saturday clarified its ban on Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the general admission procedures, saying it “does not in any way affect the statutory role of the Senate of any University […]
The Center for World Universities Ranking (CWUR) has explained why Nigerian universities were not considered in their Top 1000 global ranking. When contacted by TheCable, the organisation said Nigeria was not a contender owing to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s children- Zahrah and Yusuf have graduated from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. The photos of the President’s children in their graduation attires, went abuzz on social media, on Tuesday.
The former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Peter Okebukola, has criticised the recently announced method of admitting students into tertiary institutions, saying it amounted to admitting candidates blindly. Okebukola, who spoke on the sidelines […]
The high number of persons with Sickle Cell Disorder in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos is quite significant, however, efforts by the Federal Medical centre, Ebute Metta in minimising the treand is yielding fruit. […]
The Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) has just released its 2016 ranking of universities across the world. Sadly, no university in Nigeria made the list of the world’s top 1,000.
Abiola Ajimobi, governor of Oyo state, has requested for a letter of apology from schools whose pupils took part in a protest against government’s proposed education initiative — else their schools will remain locked. Abiodun […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday announced its guidelines for admission process. Its announcement through its website followed a weeklong meeting with universities and other tertiary institutions in the country.
THE Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, recently stirred the hornet’s nest when he announced the cancellation of the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination test in all the universities, saying the only legally recognised body to conduct […]
It is eye-opening news that Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, described as “a privately owned Islamic faith-based university”, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) towards research in […]
There are many indices of decay in contemporary Nigerian society, including infrastructural decay, the erosion of values, the declining fortunes of the nation’s football teams, and incessant students’ rampage in the nation’s tertiary institutions. It […]
As our leaders put on their thinking caps on what to do with the resurgence of insurgents in the Niger Delta region, we have to continue with our light discussion on the need to focus […]
Many Nigerian students studying abroad have been seeking transfer to Nigerian universities to complete their education at home because of the scarcity of foreign exchange. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the students were forced to take […]
The Osun State branch of Christian Association of Nigeria carried out its threat to instruct Christian pupils to appear in their schools in choir robes and other church garments as some students of the Baptist […]
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo’s first daughter just graduated from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, the USA where she obtained a Master oF Arts in Liberal Studies degree. His wife and proud mum to their […]
The recruitment of 500,000 teachers by the Federal Government might have run into a hitch as the website for the exercise crashed on Sunday following what was suspected to be massive applications by prospective candidates. […]
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been in and out of the news lately. Regrettably, it has been more of bad news than good news. From the sad news of Oluchi Anekwe, the 300 level […]
As I was saying when we began this university education question last week, I am fully persuaded that the time has come for our leaders at all levels, to renew their minds about some critical […]
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