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Scholarship 2014: Kaduna State Government Overseas Scholarship Award for 2014/2015

LATEST information reaching our news desk, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, His Excellency, Dr. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero (Dallatun Zazzau...

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2014 NYSC Corps Posting in Ekitipoly – Reactions From Corps Members

IT was a great day and relieve for some prospective Youth Corpers who graduated from Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, as they were today depl...

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DELSU Post-UTME/DE 2014/2015 Candidates – Beware Of Fraudsters

Delta State University, Abraka has issued a warning to all persons seeking admission into the University to avoid fraudsters who promise to ...

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Confusion In LASU As Striking Workers Shut Offices

The striking workers of the Lagos State University, Ojo on Wednesday, July 30th, took justice into their hands to show how angry they are wi...

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Poor Reading Culture In Nigeria

The chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Comrade Adesegun Raheem has explained why there is a poor reading culture in Nigeria. In ...

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Varsities Talk: Dress codes and inevitable protests in universities

FATE has a way of intruding into our individual and collective lives in ways that might eventually prove providential. The text message from...

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How firms help boost education sector in Nigeria

NIGERIA’S education system has been on the decline. According to a recent World Bank study; “employers complain that the quality of univers...

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UNILORIN graduates 114 medical doctors

ILORIN —UNIVERSITY of Ilorin, UNILORIN, yesterday graduated 114 medical doctors, urging them to uphold the ethics of the profession and be ...

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E-library is the way to compete globally, says Alele Williams

PROFESSOR Grace Alele Williams, former Vice-Chancellor University of Benin, has stated that for our children to compete favorably in their ...

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Primary, secondary schools set to teach Natural Medicine

PRIMARY and secondary schools nationwide will soon commence teaching of Natural Medicine in order to give pupils and students a head star...

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Student graduates, 13 years after admission

When Akinola Saburi was admitted by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in 2000, he had no feeling that he would not graduate on a re...

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No more admission racketeering in UNIABUJA —VC

Prof. Umale Adikwu is the new Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja (UNIABUJA). In this interview with Education reporter, MARCUS FATUNMOLE...

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Be useful citizens, proprietress tells students

The founder of Masterguide schools, Egbeda, Lagos, Mrs. Ngozi Ogbonna has urged students to be useful to themselves, their parents and the ...

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Be good ambassadors, Awosika urges graduating pupils

The founder of Chrisland Schools, Lagos, Chief Winifred Awosika has advised the graduating students of the institution to be good ambassador...

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Don’t deny children with disability good education, parents advised

The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye has urged parents of children with disability not to deny them educatio...

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Don seeks overhauling of education system

A senior lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Dr. Ayotunde Adekunle has advocated general overhauling of the county’s educat...

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How to make Nigerian universities globally relevant —Don

A US-based Nigerian Professor of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Michael Adebola has identified cross fertilisation of ideas across fields o...

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Give priority to Nigerian curriculum, private schools urged

The Proprietress of Flobeez Private School, Ojodu, Lagos, Mrs. Olubisi Akintayo has urged school owners in the country to give priority to N...

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Proprietress admonishes parents on children performance

The Proprietress, Botsun Private School, Lagos, Mrs. Iyabo Onibokun has urged parents to always be part of their children academic progress ...

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50 teachers with fake certificates to be sacked in Abaji

The Secretary of the Local Education Authority (LEA) in Abaji Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Hassan Suleiman, has revealed that 50 primary...

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FUD to get Faculty of Medicine, micro-finance bank

The Vice Chancellor, Federal University Dutse, Professor Jibrilla Dahiru Amin, has said that plans are on top gear for the establishment ...

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Akwa Ibom employs 5000 teachers

he Akwa Ibom wing of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has lauded Gov. Godswill Akpabio for recruiting 5,000 teachers into the service. The Ch...

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Jigawa earmarks N1.8bn for varsity projects

The Jigawa State Government said it has earmarked N1.8 billion for the construction of a senate building and Vice Chancellor’s lodge at the...

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UTME: Fed Poly warns students against ‘third party’

The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti on Friday advised applicants against inducing officials of the institution to secure admission. The Regi...

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Kaduna varsity begins post-graduate programmes

Management of the Kaduna State University (KASU) will begin post-graduate and Master’s degree programmes (MSc) in the 2014/ 2015 academic y...

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‘I’m mentally fit’

The Students’ Union President of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ijagun, Ogun State, Sunday Ekeyokpa, has denied being menta...

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19 bag scholarship

Nineteen Nigerian students have been awarded scholarship to do their Master’s in Australia next year, the Australia High Commissioner to Ni...

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Ondo students get parliament

New leaders of the National Association of Ondo Students (NAOSS) have been inaugurated. The event took place at the NAOSS Secretariat on I...

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Award in LAUTECH

All is set for the 2014 OSCAR Awards at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, organised by Oscar Nigeria and ...

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Public school pupil lifts essay trophy

The crown for the 10th Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition will be worn by Miss Patience Brown, an SS2 pupil of Apapa Senior High Scho...

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Amnesty scholarship for 50 students

About 50 students from the Niger Delta are to transit to universities in the United Kingdom and other countries after completing one-year ...

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PZ chemistry challenge winners begin internship

The top four winners of the inaugural edition of the PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge have begun their three-month internship with the comp...

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‘Varsity degree not sole criterion for success’

Hearing the rags-to-riches stories of successful entrepreneurs last Wednesday sent a clear message to students of the Government Technical...

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ACE resumes after strike

After seven months of lull, academic activities have picked up at the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo. Its Registrar, Mr. Felix E...

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Mushin LGEA rewards teachers, others

The Education Secretary, Mushin Local Government Education Authority (LGEA),Mr Yusuf Olokodana, has pledged to support outstanding pupils ...

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Rivers Commissioner wins award

The Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi has won the 2014 African Child Prize Award for Education Developmen...

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Why pupils skip Primary Six

Despite the 6-3-3-4 education system, not many pupils stay up to Primary Six in private schools. Educationists warn about the dangers of...

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Nigeria needs prayers, says Oyedepo

President, Living Faith Worldwide (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, has said Nigeria needs prayers, given the myriad of problems bed...

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AAUA VC donates conference allowance

Vice Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Prof Femi Mimiko, has promised to donate part of his ...

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Israel 'to investigate' school shelling

ISRAEL says it will investigate the shelling of a school housing displaced civilians in Gaza, and apologise if Israeli fire was responsible....

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LASU convocation under threat as SSANU plans boycott

THE Lagos State University’s (LASU) 19th convocation could be called off due to threat by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universit...

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Confusion in LASU as striking workers shut offices

Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa Striking workers of the Lagos State University, Ojo, on Wednesday f...

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LASU ECO SANDWICH STUDENT : lecture has been prosponed till tomorrow friday

Get it clear and tell others that the class for TODAY has been postponed. We have class on Friday by 2pm (General), 3pm(Dr Yaqub), 4pm(Env...

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Creative Programs Keep Myanmar’s Children in School

Myanmar is currently pursuing an aggressive course of education reform and restructuring , including reopening universities and investing ...

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39 out of 386 Students Bag 1st Class at Landmark University

. Founder, Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo At the Landmark University maiden convocation held last Saturday, the Chancellor, of...

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Education: Yobe Spends N771m On Scholarship

Yobe state government has spent a total sum of N771 million Nigeria for sponsorship of indigenous student to study various course within an...

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ICAN Donates Lecture Halls to Five Universities

The umbrella body for accountants in the country, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), has offered to build a lecture hall...

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Effective teacher policies Vital and necessary for all countries

At a time when all countries are seeking to craft sharper education policies, what principles should guide us? For UNESCO, there are thre...

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Teacher Policy and High Quality Education Towards Achievement with Integrity

T hese are extraordinary times. On the one hand, astonishing progress is occurring around the world. One billion people have been lifted...

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One step closer to quality education for all

After more than a year of fighting for a stand-alone goal on education in the post-2015 agenda, EI reached an important milestone in New...

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Gaza: Schools should be safe havens

Education International finds it unacceptable that schools are being hit in the warfare between Hamas and the Israeli Army. “We advocate ...

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Teachers in Benue State in Nigeria have finally gone back to work after an eight-month strike in the struggle for payment of the minimum w...

Germany: Early childhood educators deserve better conditions of employment

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