May 23

• Kaduna Refinery Donates Books, Furniture to Schools

  Daily Trust

  Kaduna Refinery and Petrol Chemicals (KRPC) has donated 30,000 exercise books and furniture worth N8million to 25 host community primary schools in the state as part of its... Read more »

• Hunger in the Classroom [analysis]

  Daily Trust

  As many as six out of 10 students in junior secondary school in Gwagwalada, an area council of Abuja, miss breakfast every morning, a hunger survey by students has revealed. Read more »

• Foundation Cautions Students Against Exam Malpractices

  Daily Trust

  LearnAfrica Education Development Foundation has advised candidates to shun all forms of examination malpractices, charging them to study hard to pass their examinations. Read more »

• Govt Begins Preparations for Laptop Project

  The Star

  70 billion shillings will be needed to roll out the class one laptop project meant to start next year. Education cabinet secretary Jacob Kaimenyi says plans are already underway to... Read more »

• FG to Enroll Seven Million School Children By 2015

  Daily Trust

  Federal Government has set a target of enrolling 70percent of the nation's 10million children who are out of school by 2015. Read more »

• Four Ogun Officials Arrested Over N200 Million WAEC Fraud

  Daily Trust

  Four officials of the Ogun State Ministry of Education have been arrested over alleged fraud of about N200 million in the payment of the West African Examination Council (WAEC)... Read more »

• Council Calls for Establishment of Standard E-Libraries

  Daily Trust

  Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) has called for massive deployment of e-libraries across Nigeria especially in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the... Read more »

• 'Universities Should Not Operate Like Civil Service' [interview]

  Daily Trust

  Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Professor Abdulrasheed Na'Allah, in this interview says that the clamour for a world-class status for Nigerian universities might... Read more »

• Teachers Threaten Industrial Action Over Subsidy

  Zambia Reports

  The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has called on government to reinstate the rural hardship and double class allowances or face industrial action. Read more »

• Experts Call for Coordination in Research

  New Times

  Lack of coordination is hampering research in the country, education experts have said. Read more »

• Reading, Numeracy Skills Lag in Schools - Researchers

  New Times

  Many pupils in the country have not mastered the basic reading and numeracy skills needed to keep up with learning, resulting in a decline in general performance of the education... Read more »

• Assembly Summons Akwa Ibom Varsity VC, Council Chair

  This Day

  The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has summoned the Vice-Chancellor of the Akwa Ibom State University of Technology (AKUTECH), Prof. Sunday Peters, and the Chairman of the... Read more »

• 17 Held Over Cheating Driving Test

  New Times

  Police in Musanze District have arrested 17 people accused of sitting exams for provisional driving licences under false identities and forging receipts of examinations fee from... Read more »

• 'Exam Not Compulsory Before Admission in Indian Varsities'

  Vanguard

  For students seeking admission into universities, all hope is not lost yet, as representatives of Indian universities have disclosed that Indian government has an education policy... Read more »

• Online Learning Is the Future of Education - Experts

  Vanguard

  Experts have said that online learning should take the centre stage in West African education as traditional learning structures will not be sufficient to cater for the bustling... Read more »

• Deployment of Technology Will Bring Value to Education Sector - Expert

  Vanguard

  Managing Director, Dragnet Solutions, Mr. Robert Ikazoboh, has identified technology as a key element that will bring value and help develop the education sector in the country,... Read more »

• EAC to Harmonize Higher Education

  Focus

  East African education experts have concluded a 2-day conference, organized by the Inter-University Council for EastAfrica (IUCEA), looking at quality assurance and harmonization... Read more »

• Students - 60 Percent Don't Eat Before School

  Daily Trust

  As many as six out of 10 students in junior secondary school in Gwagwalada, an area council of Abuja, miss breakfast every morning, a hunger survey by students has revealed. Read more »

• NUT to Meet Senate Committee On Education Over Planned Strike

  Leadership

  The Senate Committee on Education will on Thursday meet with the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) over the non-implementation of the 27.5 per cent Teachers Enhanced Allowance. Read more »

• Pupils Body Found in Dam

  The Star

  HOMA BAY Police have retrieved a body of a Standard Five pupil from a dam in Makongeni Estate. Hillary Ochieng, 12, a pupil at Homa Bay Primary School is said to have been swimming... Read more »

• Makerere - College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

  New Vision

  The College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) congratulates the Nordic Countries on their National Day. CEDAT is proud to be associated with the Nordic Countries... Read more »

• Blackrock Event Set to Feature 30 Schools

  The Star

  A total of 44 teams have confirmed participation for the Blackrock rugby schools festival slated for this Saturday at St. Marys School. Read more »

May 22

• DRC Education Coalition Graduates to Regional Role [analysis]

  OSISA

  As everyone knows, the education system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is beset with enormous challenges - challenges that often seem insurmountable. But only a few... Read more »

• Nigerian Students in Russia [editorial]

  Daily Trust

  The spectacle of Nigerian students in Russia going door to door in search of subsistence must be an embarrassing one for any country. Read more »

• The Power of School Meals - Three Lives That Prove It [press release]

  WFP

  Giving children food while they are in school has long been a key strategy for aid organizations like WFP, which see it as an investment in the future of a child and of a country.... Read more »