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The Vice-Chancellor Kwara state University Malete Prof. Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi has called on government, both state and federal to reopen schools in the country. Prof. Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, who made the call at NewsKeg programme of the correspondent chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalist at NUJ Press Centre, Offa Road Ilorin, said ... Read more

The Federal Government of Nigeria has denied allegations that it is frustrating efforts at evacuating Nigerian students back home to Nigeria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this in a statement by its spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye, on Thursday. A video, which has gone viral on social media, showed some students in face masks in ... Read more

Grace Edema The Lagos State Government has said it is not going to compel its pupils to undergo the coronavirus test. In an interview with our correspondent, the Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mr Kayode Abayomi, said the state would ensure that all schools adhere to the COVID-19 safety measures. He said, ... Read more

By Elizabeth Osayande Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, has directed that all Junior Secondary School, JSS 3, students who registered for the National Examinations Council, NECO Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE to resume from Monday, August 10. Recall that the state had earlier directed that in the ... Read more

Olufemi Olaniyi,Ibadan The National Universities Commission has invited the Vice Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Prof. Michael Ologunde, other principal officers, Academic Staff Union of Universities, and other staff unions of the university to a meeting. This is contained in a letter written by the NUC ... Read more

Friday Olokor, Abuja The non-teaching workers of Nigerian universities have threatened to embark on strike as soon as universities reopen after the COVID — 19 lockdown. The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions issued the threat ... Read more

By Shotonwa Waheed Sir: I was elated at the announcement by the Ministry of Education after its meeting with other stakeholders, that schools would be opened when it is safe to do so. The joy didn’t last long when it dawned that only the exit class in the secondary schools are making their way back from August 4. Exit class? ... Read more

By Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to shut down any school within Abuja that violates the COVID-19 guidelines recommended for the safety of students, who resumed schools few days ago to prepare students for exit examination. Chairman of FCTA Ministerial Task Force on COVID-19 Enforcement, ... Read more

The Lagos State Government has directed JSS3 students who are registered for National Examination Council (NECO) Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to resume academic activities on Monday, August 10th, 2020. A statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Mr .Kayode Abayomi said further to the earlier ... Read more

The Chief Executive Officer, Edumark Consulting, Mrs Yinka Ogunde, has urged stakeholders in the education sector to embrace the use of technology for an improved learning outcome. Ogunde said this at the 2020 edition of the Total School Support Seminar and Exhibition held virtually. She said, “Two years ago when we held the first ... Read more