The authorities of the Kwara State Polytechnic have distanced itself from media reports that a student of the institution was killed by a police escort of one of the banks in the state on May 28, 2013. In a statement signed by the Registrar of the school, M.O. Salami, the school said the student claimed [...]
Many graduates enrolled for the Youth Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Programme (YESAP) of the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) meant for secondary schools leavers. KRPC’s initiated the programme in 2008 for secondary school leavers in its host communities as part of efforts to empower the youth. So far, over 400 youth have been empowered [...]
Tertiary institutions across the country, yesterday, declared that they could only admit 704,000 students out of more than 740,000 candidates who are qualified to be given admission for the 2013/2014 academic year having scored 200 and above. 1,735,720 candidates registered for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, out of which 1,540,179 candidates had their [...]
Tertiary institutions across the country, yesterday, declared that they could only admit 704,000 students out of more than 740,000 candidates who are qualified to be given admission for the 2013/2014 academic year having scored 200 and above. Out of the 1,735,720 candidates that registered for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, 1,540,179 candidates had [...]
Nsukka Local Government Council in Enugu State has admitted losing N20 million monthly to ghost primary school teachers. Chairman of the council, Mr. Tony Ugwu disclosed this at a briefing, saying that although the council only recently discovered the racket, everything was being done to put an end to it. The scam which had been [...]
Report reaching liveschoolnews desk has it that, about four students of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education were on Monday afternoon reportedly shot as police tried to disperse protesting students. There are, however, conflicting reports on the state of health of the injured students with some students alleging three of them had died, while others [...]
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja approved cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2013/2014 academic session. The Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, announced the cut-off marks into Colleges of Education, Polytechnics and other degree-awarding institutions as 150 while 180 is for federal universities. Rufa’i said this at the Fourth Combined Policy [...]
A thorough investigation into the killing of one of the students of university of Uyo during last Wednesday’s protest has been initiated by the National Universities Commission, the Nigerian Police, as well as the council of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The NUC’s acting chairman, Inter-ministerial Committee on Campus Safety and Security, Prof. [...]
A thorough investigation into the killing of one of the students of university of Uyo during last Wednesday’s protest has been initiated by the National Universities Commission, the Nigerian Police, as well as the council of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The NUC’s acting chairman, Inter-ministerial Committee on Campus Safety and Security, Prof. [...]
The National Universities Commission has collaborated with the Dave Omokaro Foundation to design a curriculum for postgraduate degree programmes in gerontology and geriatrics in the nation’s university system. This collaboration is coming against the backdrop of the recent projected ranking that the country would become the 11th nation with the highest population of older persons [...]
Immediate past Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and a former Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulrahman Oba, have called for a better approach to resources management in the nation’s university sub-sector. They spoke to journalists in Ilorin on Monday on the sideline of a reception for Oloyede, by the [...]
The Vice-Chancellor, Pan-African University, Prof. Juan Elegido, has explained why the institution had to change its name to Pan-Atlantic University. Briefing the media at the Victoria Island campus of the university, he said the decision to take a new name was necessitated by the creation of an institution with a similar name by the African [...]
Besides the agricultural and academic revolution that the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti is spearheading, SEGUN OLUGBILE, who visited the institution on Friday, reveals more unique traits Universities anywhere in the world come in different shapes and sizes. But they usually have similar missions, which include promotion of learning, research and community development. While the [...]
Ecademic Staff Union of Universities has renewed the call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector. The call came on the heels of the death of the Senate President of National Association of Nigerian Students and four other officials of NANS in a ghastly motor accident last week in Uyo, [...]
The Rector, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Dr Olusola Agboola, has said that the laying of emphasis on entrepreneurial education by the institution would enhance the employability of the poly’s graduates. A statement by the spokesperson of the institution, Mr. Tope Abiola, on Friday, in Osogbo, quoted Agboola as saying that the focus on entrepreneurial education [...]
British Council, in collaboration with Microsoft Nigeria, a global Information Technology firm, has donated 40 digital hubs to two public schools in Lagos. The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, did this in demonstration of its support for e-learning in Nigeria, and as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. Each of [...]
It is very intriguing to discover the high number organizations and corporations who now offer scholarship opportunities to undergraduate students in higher institutions of learning across Nigeria. For many a student, it has been a major lifeline for him to maintain a fair equilibrium between needs and surplus. No sooner had I gained admission into the [...]
In this interview with MOTUNRAYO JOEL, Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Prof. Ayo Charles, says more Nigerians will seek university admissions abroad if the Federal Government continues to ignore the problems of education H ow will you react to reports that private universities award first class certificates to students who do not merit them? [...]
The Plateau state government on Saturday threatened to sack 11,000 unqualified teachers in its payroll. Gov. Jonah Jang, who made the pronouncement in a media interaction in Jos, said, “government cannot continue to harbour people who cannot add value to education in the state. “We have 7,000 teachers in the primary schools that are not [...]
A 33-year-old administrator of the Lagos State University, LASU, Onipanu Annex, Lagos State,was recently charged before an Isolo Magistrate’s Court for stealing, after he allegedly bolted with students’ tuition fees. The accused, Mr Olusesan Oduwole allegedly stole N5 million after printing his own receipts and collected fees from other students. According to information made available to [...]
The suspended VC of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Prof. Shamsudeen Amali, has returned to office following the intervention of the House of Assembly, which nullified his suspension, even as he denies the alleged theft of N20 million from the institution’s coffers. Amali, alongside his management team, was suspended last month reportedly on the order [...]
The suspended VC of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Prof. Shamsudeen Amali, has returned to office following the intervention of the House of Assembly, which nullified his suspension, even as he denies the alleged theft of N20 million from the institution’s coffers. Amali, alongside his management team, was suspended last month reportedly on the order [...]
Worried by the disinterestedness of pupils in science subjects, PZ Cussons Foundation has floated a Chemistry competition for secondary school pupils in Lagos State. The Chairman, PZ Cussons Foundation, Prof. Emmanuel Edozien, who said this at a press conference, said the contest would be known as the PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge. Edozien said, “Chemistry is [...]
Ogun State Government’s decision to build 28 model schools in response to challenges of overpopulation in classes brings searchlight on the status of such mega institutions, writes AKEEM LASISI In response to the challenges posed by return of schools to missionaries, Ogun State Government has embarked on the construction of mega schools. Currently, it is [...]
The Vice-Chairman, Board of Skye Bank Plc, Mrs. Morenikeji Onasanya, has listed courage, discipline, vision, integrity and knowledge as some of the factors anybody that aspires to lead in the 21st Century must possess. Onasanya said this in her keynote address at the Dansol High School, Lagos Press Club leadership lecture titled, Becoming 21st Leaders [...]
