Education

Pix shows Director of Studies, Champion International Schools receiving Award of Academic Excellence.  By Sylva Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher. A Nigerian Journalist, cum School Administrator, Mr Fola Adekeye has won this year’s Global Education Award in recognition of his contributions to nation’s education sector. Adekeye’s milestone recognition came, just as his Champion International Schools, Magboro, Ogun state, also blazed the same trail in promoting academic excellence. Mr and Mrs Fola Adekeye, Founders of Champion International School, Magboro Held last month at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, Adekeye, who is the Director of Studies, Champion International Schools was unavoidably absent to receive ...

  By Sylva-Emeka Okereke, JP, Publisher  Arrangements have been concluded for the International Association for Innovations in Education Assessment (IAIIEA) to hold its 6th annual conference in Lagos state. Scheduled to hold between October 16-20, 2023, the annual event would take place at Anchor University in Ayobo, Lagos. Tagged, “Digitalised Educational Assessment for Entrepreneurial Productivity”, the conference would saw participants from far and near, even as the resource persons are drawn from home and abroad. According to a press statement signed by Dr Mike Egbayelo, the conference would have other themes like “Broad Based Curriculum Development for the 21st Century ...

Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, has extended its academic calendar, announcing October 24, as resumption date for academic activities. In a bulletin released after a Senate meeting, the University said, conferences for undergraduate students begin on January 3, 2023, nine weeks after the resumption date. According to the scheme, the school scheduled the first nine weeks after October 24 to complete student registration, consideration of outstanding results by the Standing Committee, postgraduate examination seminar and external examinations as well as the Christmas and New Year holidays. Undergraduate students at the University, who have stayed home due to the eight-month strike by ...

The Senate of the University of Ibadan, UI, has approved that academic activities would resume in the university with effect from Monday. This is contained in a release by Mrs Olubunmi Faluyi Registrar and Secretary to Council of the institution on Wednesday in Ibadan. According to her the Senate of the institution at a special meeting held on October 17 2022 approved Monday October 24 2022 as resumption date for the continuation of the 20212022 academic sessions.  Consequently Halls of Residence would be opened from October 23, 2022. “On behalf of the Council and Senate of the University, we wish ...

More than 150 schools in East Jerusalem have protested over the introduction of Israeli textbooks, thus shutting down all the institutions. According to Agency reports, the strike in East Jerusalem, an area populated mostly by Palestinians is the latest flashpoint in a long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which they urged children, who live in Jerusalem to learn about the conflict in their textbooks. Palestinian parents and activists say Israel is trying to erase their identity by pushing an Israeli narrative while Israeli authorities and activists allege many Palestinian textbooks incite hatred towards Jews and glorify violence. It would be recalled, that five ...

By Steve Ndubueze, Correspondent Recent reports by the United Nations Transforming Education Summit, UNICEF, has revealed that girls globally are lagging behind boys in mathematics, attributing it to sexism and gender stereotypes among other causes. The new report shows, that helping girls and boys learn mathematics featured new data analyses, covering more than 100 countries and territories. The report noted that, boys have up to 1.3 times the odds of obtaining mathematics skills than girls. Negative gender norms and stereotypes, often held by teachers, parents, and peers regarding girls’ innate inability to understand mathematics are contributing to the disparity. This ...

Governor El-Rufai to lecturers of KASU to refund salaries collected The solidarity strike organized by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to support the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASSU, has come and gone, but the dust it raised is yet to settle down. Last week, some affiliate unions of the NLC, including Kaduna State University, KASU, had embarked on two-day industrial action to support ASUU in its agitation for better welfare package But reacting to the involvement of lecturers of the KASU in the strike, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has ordered the Vice Chancellor of the University, to ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) said it has started mobilizing students across the country ahead of the planned nationwide protest by the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) over the prolonged strike by Nigerian university workers. NLC announced that it would embark on a two-day protest on Tuesday and Wednesday to ensure the government quickly reaches an agreement with striking Nigerian university workers. A statement issued by NANS President, Sunday Asefon instructed all subdivisions of the association to start mobilizing to join the NLC in the protest. “I am pleased to inform all Nigerian students and their structures, SUG, JCC, ...

Ukraine-based, Nigerian students offered admission in Nigerian University under strike By Sylva-Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher It is as shocking as surprising, that the Federal Government has offered University admission to Nigerian students, whose studies have been halted by the ongoing war in Ukraine. In a circular released by the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, it stated, “the federal government of Nigeria wishes to inform Nigerian students, who returned from Ukraine following the conflict in that country, that efforts are being made to facilitate their placement into various Nigerian tertiary institutions, to enable them continue their studies”. The ...

Seven inmates of the Nigerian Open University of Nigeria have graduated from the institutions with two graduating with second-class upper, while the remaining five had second-class lower degrees. The inmates were part of those who graduated in the 2021/2022 academic session in March 2022, but could not join their colleagues for convocation due to incarceration. Registrar of the School, Felix Edoka, who handed certificates to the inmates at the correctional centre located along Dockyard road, Port Harcourt, Rivers state said the University programmes are free for inmates. “Today we are handing over certificates to seven inmates, who have graduated from ...