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ABUJA – As more than 37 Nigerian will begin the new school year this month, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has declared that a minimum of one million will be left behind owing to insecurity. Learners are being cut off from their education and other vital benefits schools provide, as families and communities ... Read more

THE Federal Government has again appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to exercise patience as the process of implementing its agreement with the union is ongoing. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent. This was as ASUU President accused the ... Read more

Bournemouth University is inviting applicants for the Academic Excellence International Scholarship which is valued at £3,500 and will be provided to outstanding students who are willing to complete their education in the UK. The Academic Excellence Scholarship for international students is designed to recognize outstanding academic achievement. Application Deadline:30 November ... Read more

Saint Louis University School of Law is pleased to provide one full-tuition grant and three 30% reduced tuition grants to extraordinary students who are interested in pursuing Law at the Institution. Application Deadline:November 1 Eligible Countries: International Type: LLM Value of Award:Full-tuition Number of Awards:Up to 4 Eligibility: Application Process: Applicants must apply ... Read more

Seyi Bickersteth Scholarship Fund in partnership with KPMG, Andersen and Leadway Assurance Company Limited invites suitably qualified applicants for the Seyi Bickersteth Scholarship Programme (SBSP). APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications should be submitted on or before September 28, 2021. BENEFITS: Accounting. Business Administration. Economics, Finance. Insurance or Actuarial Sciences. A ... Read more

The University of Tasmania is proud to be a provider under the Destination Australia Scholarship Program and welcomes students to study at Australia’s fourth oldest university. The Destination Australia Program objective is to attract and support international and domestic students to study in regional Australia, to grow and develop regional Australian tertiary providers and offer ... Read more

LAGOS – Education is a complex human endeavour ultimately aimed at enhancing students’ cognitive, civic, as well as social learning and development. As late South African leader, Nelson Mandela, put it, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Like medicine, law, or farming, ... Read more

The Rivers State University said it has received an approval for the award of a bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Nlerum Okogbule, who disclosed this during a media briefing in Port Harcourt, explained that the approval followed the result of an accreditation carried out by the Medical and Dental ... Read more

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said education, especially for women, has a multiplier effect. This is as he said leaders owe their people the duty to educate them. Osinbajo said this in Abuja on Saturday evening at an event organised to mark the 2021 Mass Literacy Day by the MALLPAI Foundation, a non-governmental organisation founded in ... Read more

The Young Progressive Party (YPP) has called for an organised educational system to prepare Nigerian youth to be more innovative and globally competitive. The party made the call on Monday in its manifesto released via the YPP Media and Publicity Directorate ahead of school resumption across the country. It stated that the government ... Read more