Akintunde Ishola, Author at EduCeleb

UNICAF to offer international scholarships at Exsilio Conference

On 2nd August 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

UNICAF is going to offer international scholarship opportunities to selected participants at the forthcoming Exsilio Conference. The event, which it is a supporting sponsor of, holds on August 9th, 2018 at the University of Lagos. The conference is a mentorship event designed…

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AAUA management announces students’ loan scheme

On 25th July 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

The management of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA) has announced the provision of a students’ loan scheme to alleviate the challenges students may be encountering in the process of raising funds while studying. According to a notice to that effect made…

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JAMB remits another N7.8 billion to Nigerian government

On 22nd July 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has remitted another N7.8 billion to the Nigerian government. Its Head of Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, revealed this on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the board had planned to remit the…

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UNILAG announces Post-UTME screening procedure

On 18th July 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

The management of the University of Lagos has announced the requirements for post-UTME screening for the 2018/2019 academic session. It said that the exercise would commence from the 23rd of July and conclude on 3rd of August, 2018, according to information made…

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337 schools to participate in CodeLagos competition

On 22nd June 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Obafela Bank-Olemoh, has said that over 337 schools across the six educational districts in the state are ready to engage in intellectual battle in a four-day Code Week Competition. The competition is part…

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UI sets up committee for platinum jubilee

On 21st June 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

Towards a remarkable celebration of the 70th anniversary of the University of Ibadan, the management has set up a planning committee with membership drawn from within and outside the university community. It has appointed two co-chairmen as leading planners for various activities…

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UK university appoints Nigerian professor as Pro Vice Chancellor

On 19th June 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

The University of Derby has appointed Professor Kamil Omoteso as the new Pro Vice-Chancellor Dean for the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences in the institution. EduCeleb.com reports that Omoteso who used to teach at the Lagos State University, Ojo was…

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Poor policy implementation: A setback to education in Nigeria

On 11th June 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

Various definitions abound for the concept of implementation. In this case, we depend on Egonmwan’s conceptualisation of it as the process of converting financial, material, technical and human inputs into outputs – goods and services. It also involves a wide variety of…

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Why OAU students think they are the best

On 29th May 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

Obafemi Awolowo University is one of the few full-fledged tertiary institutions established by the Nigerian Federal Government in 1961 but commenced classes in 1962. Everywhere you meet OAU students, you can clearly see the pride they have about their university. The decision…

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Education: An Antidote to Poverty

On 14th May 2018 by Akintunde Ishola

Poverty is the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. It has always been a great disaster and an automatic invitation to being unwanted, unloved, uncared for and forgotten by people in the…