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The National Association of Private School Teachers (NAPST) has appealed to the Federal Government not to close down schools beyond Jan. 18 as a result of the second wave of the COVID-19. Its National President, Mr. Olumhense Akhigbe, made the call yesterday at a news conference on the plight of private school teachers in Abuja. Akhigbe ... Read more

Students of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo on Friday morning staged protest against recent fee hike, calling on the government to immediately return to the old fee. The protest Daily Sun learnt was coordinated by a group identified as Concerned LASU STUDENTS following an alleged refusal by the Students Union executives to spearhead the agitation for a reversal. The management of LASU ... Read more

President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has frowned at the 2021 budgetary provision for education under President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as the worst in the last ten years. Disturbed by the neglect of the education sector, which was apportioned with a paltry of 5.6 percent and the high ... Read more

The Delta State Government has directed all public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to resume on January 18, 2021. This is a change from the January 11 date earlier set by the government for the resumption of schools in the state. The announcement is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, and shared on ... Read more

Lagos State Governor and Visitor to Lagos State University (LASU), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cancelled the ongoing process set up for the appointment of a substantive ninth Vice Chancellor of the University. The Governor further directed that a fresh process that would terminate in forty five days should commence immediately. According to a ... Read more

The Kaduna State Government has said that it’s yet to announce the official date for the resumption of primary, secondary and post secondary institutions in the state. A statement issued on Friday evening, which was signed by the Permanent Secretary, Kaduna State Ministry of Education, Phoebe Sukai Yayi, urged parents to disregard the ... Read more

University workers, under the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), are to commence a three-day protest from Tuesday over the Federal Government failure to implement the several agreements reached in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC Nigeria, has stated that 29 January is the deadline for the registration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, 2021-First Series. This was disclosed over the weekend by the WAEC Head of ... Read more

Kayode Fasua in Abeokuta Amid the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 on the global education system, a Nigerian-American, Dr. Henry Balogun, has floated an online lecture series to cover all categories of students, especially those of African origin. Balogun, Chief Executive Officer of , the online classrooms would pay special attention to the ... Read more

Warn against resumption without adequate measures· Recommend virtual learning, preventive measures Gboyega Akinsanmi With the rising incidence of COVID-19 infection, lecturers, parents and students have expressed anxiety and apprehension over a directive of the National Universities Commission (NUC) that all public universities should resume on ... Read more