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A cross-section of officials of Shanxi Polytechnic Institute, China, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and Association of Proprietors of Innovation and Vocational Institutions (APIVI) during a meeting held in Abuja... recently An educationist and Consultant to the Shaanxi Polytechnic Institute, China, Pastor Julius ... Read more

The Director of Academic Planning of the Yaba College of Technology, Yabatech, Mr M.A.O Omoighe, has died following complications from the Coronavirus disease, a statement by the Academic Board of the institution confirmed on Tuesday. Omoighe died on a Sunday, January 24, 2021, at an undisclosed hospital. ... Read more

The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has announced February 1, 2021, as the date for the resumption of academic activities for the 2019/2020 Academic Session. A statement endorsed in Benin on Tuesday by Dr Benedicta Ehanire, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, stated that students were expected to come into Halls ... Read more

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Edo State Wednesday directed all primary school teachers in the state to shun the February 1, 2021 resumption date proposed by the state government. The leadership of the union gave the order in a statement in Benin City, signed by the state Chairman, Mr. Pius Okhueleigbe, and the Assistant Secretary ... Read more

Senior academics at the Lagos State University (LASU) have faulted the process newly initiated to select the next Vice-Chancellor of the institution, citing diverse antics by some powerful individuals that have hijacked the entire process. The academics under the aegis of Concerned Senior Academics of LASU asked the Governor and Visitor of ... Read more

EXECUTIVE Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr . Hamid Bobboyi, has begged parents in the North to at least allow their female children conclude their secondary school education before considering them for marriage. Bobboyi said girls’ education is vital ... Read more

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has warned new students of the Distance Learning Institute to avoid misconduct and social vices. He noted that the institution would not tolerate such. He spoke at the matriculation of the Distance Learning Institute, on Thursday last week. “We shall not ... Read more

The University of Ibadan (UI) has emerged the best ranked Nigerian university in the 2021 world best colleges released yesterday by Webometric. But the Nigerian premier university, however, ranks 1,216 in the World. Covenant University Ota, placed second and 1,324 in the global ranking, while Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, came third ... Read more

Most public schools in Kano are crumbling as the state government fails to rehabilitate the schools' facilities. In his third chronicle of infrastructure at schools in the state, Abdulmalik Lukman reports that students are subjected to conditions that are unfit for learning. The state government has largely neglected Tsamiyar Kara Primary ... Read more

The management of the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) has shut down its hostels as well as its medical center following the death of the College Director, Academic Planning Unit, M.A.O Omoighe, from COVID-19 complications. A statement released by the institution says all persons who might have had contact with the deceased have been ... Read more