GROUP SEEKS TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION

A group, the Education Reformers Association of Nigeria, has called on the government to institute a task force to expose corruption and other vices in the education sector.

The group said this in a communiqué issued at the end of a seminar it organised in collaboration with Emcoy Favoured Group of Schools, Lagos.  read more…..

Blame bad politics for declining education – Caleb varsity boss

   

The Proprietor, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, Dr. Ola Adebogun, has identified the prevalence of bad politics as one of the factors responsible for a fall in the standard of education in the country. Adebogun said the political challenge had negative implications on moral values needed to bring about quality education. see more…….

ASCSN WANTS GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE OPERATIONS OF ALUMNI GROUPS

As parents, students and concerned stakeholders await the outcome of the ministerial panel of inquiry investigating the alleged sexual molestation of a Junior Secondary School (JSS) II student of Queens College, (QC) Yaba, Lagos, by a biology teacher, Mr. Olaseni Oshifala, Chairman, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), QC Chapter, Comrade Oladejo Sarafadeen Abiodun, has urged government to look into the activities of old students particularly in the unity colleges.  read more………

BENUE VARSITY VC DENIES PLANS TO INCREASE FEES

Vice Chancellor, Benue State University (BSU), Professor Msugh Moses Kembe, has debunked claims in some quarters that the institution has reviewed upwardly, fees payable by students of the school. read more……..

ADAMU DIRECTS FEDERAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO SUBSCRIBE TO NGREN

The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, has directed all federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education in the country to hook up with the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN). Adamu gave the directive at the opening ceremony of EBSCOP Host Capacity Development Workshop for Nigerian Universities in Abuja.   read more………

CARTOON: FALLING EDUCATION STANDARDS IN TANZANIA

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LECTURERS DEMAND SUPERVISING MINISTER OF EDUCATION WIKE RESIGN AS STRIKE ENTERS FOURTH MONTH

Members of the Ondo State Chapter of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) at Adeyemi College of Education Ondo, held a rally and protest on Saturday, fed up with the slowness of union negotiations and demanded the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, resign.   Read more………….