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COVID-19: Lagos set to give private schools’ owners, teachers palliatives
After months of lamentations, the Lagos State government has said it would reach out to the private school owners and their teachers with food items to cushion the effects of coronavirus pandemic and lockdown on them.
The Commissioner…
FG dissolves governing councils of UNIPORT, maritime varsity
THE Federal Government has dissolved the Professor Mvendaga Jibo-led Governing Council of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State.
Government has also approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Nigerian…
68 Corps members to repeat service year in Lagos — State Coordinator
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Lagos, Mr Eddy Megwa, says 68 corps members in the 2019 Stream I Batch B would have to repeat their service year in the state.
The state coordinator made this known on Thursday, at the…
TRCN mobilises Nigerian teachers for online “New Normal” global conference
Prof. Segun Ajiboye, the Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), says the council is mobilising thousands of Nigerian teachers to participate in an online global conference.
Ajiboye said this in a statement made…
Oyo govt restates commitment to girl-child education
The Oyo state government has restated its commitment and willingness to promote and protect the rights and privileges of all children, especially girl-child education for sustainable development.
The state commissioner for Ministry of…
IPPIS: NASU set for nationwide strike
THE Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) says its members across the country will proceed on strike immediately schools reopen from the COVID-19 lockdown.
NASU is an umbrella body of non-teaching…
Private school operators bemoan impact of COVID-19 disruption, predict bleak future
THE League of Muslim School Proprietors (LEAMSP) has expressed pains over the effect of the new coronavirus pandemic on private school operators generally, saying unless government provides a bailout post-COVID-19, many of them might run of…
UI mulls full migration to online mode
THE University of Ibadan says the gravitation towards online instructional mode now being embraced by increasing number of educational institutions had been a major plan of the institution even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Post-UTME veritable quality control —Afe Babalola
FOUNDER of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, says that the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) remains a veritable quality control tool in admission of students to various tertiary…
LASU dons, others win $2.5m joint research grant
TWO lecturers from the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, have won a $2,496,128 million research grant together with colleagues from some other universities including University of Waterloo, Canada and some non-governmental…