Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Oyeniran Apata/Lagos Preference by employers of labour for degree holders have been linked to the mad rush for university admissions among Nigerians. Development education expert, Mr. Peter Ogudoro, made this observation in relation to the limited carrying capacity of the nation’s tertiary education sector...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Seyi Taiwo-Oguntuase/Lagos Lagos state has announced the introduction of technical and vocational education into the scheme of work of primary and junior secondary education in the state. The new addition to be facilitated by the Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB) is...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Innocent Oweh /Abuja Equatorial Guinea has begun the process of borrowing experience and expertise from Nigeria’s educational system with the view to replicating same back home. This process was effectively sealed last week, when a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between both countries...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Innocent Oweh /Abuja Faced with declining interest in science based subjects, particularly at the basic school level, Federal Government has initiated steps aimed at addressing the dearth of adequate and qualified science teachers. Part of the focus of government is to expose stakeholders to...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Oyeniran Apata/Lagos The crowd of visitors that thronged the Akoka Campus of the University of Lagos to commiserate with the authority over the death of Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe last year was enough to tell the story. Soon after that announcement was authenticated, the university...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Although the Federal Government recently constituted a Governing Board for the University of Abuja, chaired by Samuel Ogbemudia, the crisis rocking the university is still far from being resolved. Besides the suspension of three major academic programmes by the Federal Government for lack of accreditation...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Innocent Oweh /Abuja Efforts by the Nigerian government to reduce the soaring number of out of school children across the country received a boost as the United State Agency for International Development (USAID) announced N17billion intervention fund for basic education delivery. USAID’s team leader...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Innocent Oweh /Abuja Vice Chancellor of University of Abuja, Sunday Adelabu has said a three-man committee has been constituted by the Governing Council of the university under the Chairmanship of Samuel Ogbemudia to reconcile the two factions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the newly- inaugurated Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, is an Alumnus of the Universities of Ibadan and Lagos. The former Minister of works, after leading his members including the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Oyeniran Apata/Lagos The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has described the sale of kits meant for corps members by members of the public as illegal, asking the perpetrators to desist from the act. The Lagos State Coordinator of the scheme, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, made...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Innocent Oweh/Abuja Chairman of the Implementation Committee on Almajiri Education, Shehu Galandanchi has urged the federal government to take delivery of some completed Quranic schools built in the north and hand them over to the benefiting states. Galandanchi made the plea in Abuja at...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Oyeniran Apata/Lagos Proprietor and Founder of the Victory Group of Schools, Dr. Christian Olaniyan is worried that over 1.5 million candidates will be denied admissions into universities, saying university education is not meant for everyone. Olaniyan who made this declaration at the 23rd graduation...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Evangelist (Mrs) Victoria Omoyele is the proprietress of CLOFAM Group of Schools, Aba-Layan, Apata, Ibadan. In this interview with our Reporter, Gbenga Abegunrin, she speaks about the falling standard of education in the country. The educationist also speaks on the need for the Federal Government...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo, Professor of English Language and Literary Studies, recently spoke to some journalists on critical issues relating to the problem of among Nigerian teachers and pupils and the way out of the woods. She also spoke to our Education Analyst, Ojiaku Kalu. http://dailyindependentnig.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Akachi-Adimora-Ezeigbo.pngIt...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
By Seyi Taiwo-Oguntuase /Lagos Former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Princess Sarah Adebisi-Sosan has called for the standardisation of basic education in the country. Adebisi-Sosan who is the Chief Executive Officer of GFR Educational Services, made the assertion at the first annual conference of the establishment...
