Tag: reforms
UK moves to fine schools for proliferating first-class degrees
The United Kingdom is moving to check the proliferation of first-class degrees by fining higher institutions.
Education Secretary, Damian Hinds has said measures have been...
What free higher education really means (and doesn’t mean)
By Ariane de Gayardon
Whether or not higher education should be free is a recurring debate the world over, but recently it has intensified and...
We’d use mass education to fight insecurity, violence – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to make affordable mass education a tool to combat incidents of insecurity and violence in Nigeria.
He attributed crises in...
Kaduna’s El-Rufai and the education sector
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai is perhaps one of the most committed to getting school children educated in the North based on policy implementation...
Lagos HOS pledges upgrade of State College of Nursing
The Head of the Lagos State Civil Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola has assured the Lagos State College of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health, Igando of...
Mass Communication degree may be phased out soon
If you have a degree in Mass Communication, or you are currently studying to get this degree, or you have friends who have something...
FG to demolish illegal tertiary institutions
The Nigerian Government has declared that it will begin to demolish illegal tertiary institutions across the country.
Education minister, Adamu Adamu, said this at a...
Nigerian campus journalist launches media hub for training colleagues
A student journalist in Nigeria, Adejumo Kabir has launched a media hub for training of campus journalists.
Named the CampusPress Hub, Mr Kabir said it...
2019 Elections: How Oby Ezekwesili planned to reform Nigeria’s education sector
It is no longer news that the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli 'Oby' Ezekwesili has withdrawn her aspiration...
How Kaduna increased school enrolment by 91% in two years –...
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has revealed how his government's efforts in the education sector led to the increase in school enrolment by 90....