Education

It is in our opinion at the Federalist Movement of Nigeria that Public Basic Schools (primary and secondary) in Nigeria should be managed and funded by local communities and not the government. Government can set […]

•IMF has never been a friend Many Nigerians literally had their hearts in their mouths when the four-day visit of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mrs Christine Lagarde, to the country […]

The University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University and the University of Lagos are missing from the list of the 30 best universities in Africa for 2015 in a rating released by the World Economic Forum […]

How much of Nigeria’s budgetary allocation should go to the education sector? The answer should be a 100 per cent – and that is only a start. This, of course, is not practicable for obvious […]

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Friday in Lagos released the results of candidates who passed English Language and Mathematics in the November/December 2015 WASSCE results. Mr Demian Ojijeogu, WAEC’s Public Relations Officer, said […]

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State, has been closed down indefinitely, following continued protests by students. The students were protesting alleged poor living condition in their halls of residence. However, the university’s […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all stakeholders in the education sector to ensure the provision of qualitative and quantitative education in order to achieve national development. Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of […]

I read recently a piece by Bishop Hassan Kukah, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto about the collapse of the educational system in Nigeria and his blaming principally the military regimes in our past. […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Monday frowned on the situation where pupils wear uniforms depicting their religious affiliations to schools across the country. Soyinka spoke during the inauguration of a N750m school built by […]

Two months ago, precisely in the September 12 edition of Saturday PUNCH, I wrote a piece titled, “The Education Minister Buhari Should Appoint.” In that article, it was observed that while the President had the […]

For the first time ever, Oxford Dictionaries has chosen “pictograph” as its word of the year, reported the BBC yesterday. They say the “face with tears of joy emoji” best represents “the ethos, mood, and […]

The ongoing scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol is biting harder in the country as users are forced to pay far above the recommended price of N87 per litre in most of […]

Out of the 253 Nigerians who graduated in various academic disciplines at the 2015 convocation ceremony of the Linton University College, Malaysia, 50 made first class honours, the Petroleum Technology Development Fund has said. According […]

Mr. Baruwa and especially the girl he allegedly raped deserve to be pitied because they might be, in different ways, victims of warped psychology and epistemology of sex from childhood which tend to obstruct cultivation […]

  MODERN education in Nigeria dates back to 1842 when Christian missionary activity birthed in Nigeria. Among the students and alumni of the Lagos Baptist Academy and CMS Grammar School, there is healthy rivalry to […]

About three years ago, if I am not mistaken, former President Goodluck Jonathan announced the intention of his government to change the name of the great University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University as a […]

No fewer than 16 primary school teachers within Asaba and its environs in Delta State, last Thursday failed the use of verb “hit” in past, present and continuous tense in their various classrooms when officials […]

Just as everyone was debating whether or not President Muhammadu Buhari would be able to draw up a list of his ministers before the end of September 2015, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai distracted public […]

One theme that underlies and runs through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched with fanfare last week by world leaders in the United Nations is education. In Goal-4, the SDGs explicitly commit “to ensure inclusive […]