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COVID-19 and the Inevitable Teaching Dynamics

April 29, 2020 on News, Education by TELL

COVID-19 and the Inevitable Teaching Dynamics

April 29, 2020 on News, Education by TELL

From Mudasiru Olalere Yusuf Necessity is said to be the mother of invention, and invariably it fuels action. The 2018 Spanish flu and its twin, the second world war which started the same year, led to the robust believe that the film will supplant the contemporary education. Thomas Edison in 1922 gleefully proclaimed that the…

UNIBEN’s Second Female VC assumes Office

December 4, 2019 on Big Story, Education, News by Adekunbi Ero

The inauguration ceremony of Lillian Imuetiyan Salami, professor of home economics and nutrition as the 10th vice-chancellor of the University of Benin came to an abrupt end Monday following an announcement that she had been invited by the state governor. No sooner a cultural dance by students of English and Literature studies finished their performance…

Sex for Marks: Ambrose Alli University VC in Quandary

April 16, 2019 on Big Story, Business, Education by Adekunbi Ero

Between a rock and a hard place; this seems to aptly describe the present predicament of the vice-chancellor of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, Ignatius Akhakhia Onimawo, a professor of human nutrition, (nutritional biochemistry) as the crisis rocking the university over an allegation of sex-for-marks leveled against the institution’s chairman of the Academic…

FG: Private Varsities Must Reduce School Fees

February 22, 2019 on Big Story, Education by Ifidon Janet

The federal government has appealed to owners of private tertiary institutions to reduce their school fees to achieve their optimum carrying capacity. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during the 8th edition of the weekend ministerial press briefing. According to him, over 30 per cent of total carrying capacity…

ASUP Ends 2 Months Old Strike

February 12, 2019 on Big Story, Education by Ifidon Janet

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has suspended its two-month-old strike. ASUP National President, Usman Dutse disclosed this during a National Executive Council, NEC meeting today in Abuja, directing members of the union to commence academic activities immediately. The strike, which started on Wednesday December 12, 2018 was embarked upon as a result of…

FG Announces Mid Term Break For Schools Ahead of the Presidential Election

February 10, 2019 on Big Story, Education by Ifidon Janet

Ahead of the forth coming presidential election, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu has announced February 15 to 19 as midterm break for students in unity schools across the country. The break which is to enable parents have maximum time to go and cast their votes is only limited to the Presidential elections.

ASUU Ends Three Months Old Strike

February 10, 2019 on Education by Ifidon Janet

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has directed its members to return to the classrooms immediately.This follows the suspension of the three months old strike embarked upon by the university lectures.National President of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi gave the directive at the end of a meeting between the leadership of the union and…

Pax Africana To Establish Institutions For African Studies

January 18, 2019 on Business, Education by TELL

By Timileyin Okunuga and Janet Ifidon Worried by the poor standard of education in Nigeria, Pax Africana, an Ofure (Pax) Integral Research and Development initiative (ARCID) is to establish a three-arm institution called Communiversity in the country. The Communiversity, which comprises of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, is aimed at transmitting indigenous traditional knowledge to the…

How I Made First Class

January 14, 2019 on Big Story, Education, Interview, News by Adedolapo Abimbola

I I Read For 12 Hours Every Day To Make First Class Roheemah Arogundade, a 23-year-old graduate of the Department of English and Literary Studies at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, breaks a record of over two decades, emerging one of the first two students to bag a first-class degree in the department. Born of…

Why ASUU May Call-Off Strike This Week

January 8, 2019 on Big Story, Education, News by Ifidon Janet

There are indications that the strike embarked upon by university lecturers, which has paralysed academic activities in the universities nationwide will soon be called off. The Federal Government on Monday reached an agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to resolve the industrial action. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris…

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