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THE summary expulsion of three student leaders -- Vivid Gwede, Samson Nxumalo and Kurayi Hoyi, and the fateful, two-year suspension of six other student activists namely, Sheunesu Nyoni, Power Mabhoyi, Edius Mucheuka, Kudakwashe Maguchu, Nyasha Nyakura and Emmanuel Munyenyiwa, by the National University of Science and Technology administration is a classical instance of just addressing the ...
Further investigations into the leaked Mpumalanga matric examination papers have led to the arrest of an official from the Mpumalanga Department of Education and eight other people.
Lecturers and students of University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, have urged the Rivers State Government to relocate the rehabilitation camp for the ex-militants cited in Aluu community for safety of the students.
THE four former University of the Free State (UFS) students involved in a racist incident last year may well find themselves compelled to apologise , despite their lawyer saying last week that they could not do so without opening themselves to further prosecution, and so would not.
In a dramatic and ground-breaking decision, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja has declared that all Nigerians are entitled to education as a legal and human right.
A GROUP of activists under the umbrella of Education Rights Campaign (ERC), has kicked against the retention of Professor Lateef Hussain as the Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, warning that peace would never return to the institution as long as Prof Hussain remains the VC.
ANOTHER strike is looming in the nation's university system as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are contemplating what to do as a result of the insistence of the Federal Government to implement a policy of "no work, no pay rule" on them.
The human development arm of the insurance industry in Nigeria, the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) says the 2009 edition of its annual education seminar is to hold in Abuja between December 2nd and 3rd.
Teachers coming out of training institutions but fail to be absorbed in government employment in Kenya will soon find jobs in other African countries once a mobility protocol within the African Union is signed.
Kotu Senior Secondary SchoolÂ's Information and Communication Technology (ITC) club, on Thursday organised an inter-school quiz for ten seinor schools in the Greater Banjul Area and Western Region at Kotu Senior Secondary School ground.
The Swiss charity, "Forderverein Humanitas" which translates as (Society for the promotion of humanitarian aims) is making preparation to officially launch a nursery school project in Ghana Town on December 4th 2009.
United Way Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), with the help of a grant from an American couple, has given a full scholarship to 26 young girls in Akropong in the Eastern Region.
The government's advice to primary schoolteachers holding higher academic qualifications to seek promotion is encouraging, and shows some seriousness in the running of the civil service.
The Minister of Health, Prof.Babatunde Osotimehin, has disclosed the Federal Government's plan to strengthen four quality care centres.
Former President, General Ibrahim Babangida, in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Saturday, strongly condemned the concept of Federal Character as enshrined in the Nigeria constitution, arguing that the idea is no longer in consonance with modern trends and " sophistication in our educational pursuit"
Former Minister for Information and prominent leader in the Nieger Delta, Chief Edwin Clark and A civil organisation have frowned at the choice of the ex-Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, as a guest to deliver a lecture at the University of Benin today.
Just how digital literate your future church pastor will be?
Bishop Durning Secondary School in Moivo, Arumeru is investing more than 10 million/- for sporting activities at the institution with emphasis on soccer. The Headmaster, Mr Sarubare Lendisa has revealed.
The Federal Government has blamed itself for the abysmal performance of students of the Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as unity schools in National Examination Council (NECO) result released in September.
Minister of State for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Jibril Dukku, and the Permanent Secretary, Prof. Dapo Afolabi, yesterday summoned an emergency meeting of principals of unity colleges to deliberate on the mass failure of their students in this year's Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
Rachel Weening is an Art Education specialist who has taught children from Kindergarten to secondary level in the U.S.A, Canada and Nigeria covering different subject areas. Rachel has been involved in training teachers in Nigeria for the past one year. She currently teaches Art part time in Lagos.
A very courageous student, Idhidhimika Victoria Noa, brought proceedings to a hush when she divulged, to a huge audience during the IOL graduation ceremony, that she has been living with AIDS for nearly six years.
The DRC School Project was initiated in 2004 in an effort to assist this informal settlement of Swakopmund's community and provide much needed services as well.
Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Dr Tahir Mohammed, yesterday attributed the decline in legal education in Nigeria to the progressive decline in university education, decline in the number of lecturers in faculties and the technical quality of legal education fostered on the country by early generation of law teachers.
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua weekend announced that his administration has commenced a structured process of refocusing and repositioning the education institutions to meet challenges of nations development objectives global economy.
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