COVID-19: Lagos mulls cancellation of third term resumption

Students in Lagos State students in exit classes of primary six, Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3) and other classes may have to rely on their performance in first and second terms in...

New date fixed for NECO, NABTEB exams

The Nigerian government has scheduled dates for examinations coordinated by the National Examination Council (NECO) and the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB). Also announced was the examination...

Females top list of Kaduna scholarship beneficiaries

Two females have emerged top on the list of the 41 candidates that are beneficiaries of the Kaduna Merit Based Foreign Scholarship Scheme. The state scholarship and loans board...

Reopen private universities, save economy from collapse ― CPCPU

The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Private Universities (CPCPU) has appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria to reopen the country’s 78 private universities which have been shut alongside other educational institutions since...

COVID-19: SSANIP kicks against reopening polytechnics

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) South-West Zone has rejected the planned resumption of full academic activities in polytechnics unless sufficient provisions are made for it by govoernment.
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Governments failed in equalising educational access during the COVID-19 lockdown

A senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Management, University of Lagos, Dr Esther Oshionebo said that the alternative learning platforms created by the Nigerian government to maintain access to education during...

NAPPS commends govt on school resumption

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has commended the Federal Government and State Governments over their resolve to reopen schools as from 4th August to allow SSS3 students in...

Nigerian govt announces new resumption date

The Nigerian government has rescinded its earlier decision to postpone the resumption of students in spike of the COVID-19 pandemic cases recorded. On Monday, the Federal Ministry of Education...

Are our public universities going the way of our public primary and secondary schools?

By Chinedum Nwajiuba Introduction Please keep aside the office I currently occupy as you read, and hopefully think about this. I am a Nigerian citizen...

Private universities to benefit from TETFund research grant

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said it will involve non-state entities including private universities, research institutes and educational institutions for research purposes in the N7.5 billion research grant recently approved...