Some Nigerians on Friday expressed mixed reactions on the 70 per cent mass failure in the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. A cross section of Nigerians, who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN in Abuja, attributed the failure to non-charlatan attitude by students, teachers and the government. Prof. Chris Okoro, […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 13, 2014 – I recently granted an interview to The Guardian Newspapers to express my views on some aspects of student unionism and activism in the current political dispensation and socio-political environment. The interview was published on Sunday, 03 August 2014, written by GREGORY AUSTIN NWAKUNOR […]
By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin-City A 31- year-old man, Akharamen Ehizokhai, alleged to have hacked into the website of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command. The alleged fraudster was said to have opened a website where he posted fake questions and answers of Senior School Certificate Examination […]
Coordinating Minister for Education, Nyesom Wike | credits: File copy The Federal Government said it had spent N522.2bn in the last four years on project development, academic staff training and development, library development and other high impact projects in tertiary educational institutions. The Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, stated this on Tuesday […]
President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said the rot in the nation’s education sector predated his administration and that he had shown enough sincerity in tackling the problems in the sector. The President said, “There are many challenges such as the rising expectations of teachers resulting in industrial actions. Of course you know […]
In what may come as a big surprise to most people, no fewer than 15 persons recently returned certificates issued to them by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). They said they had to give up the certificates because they cheated during the examination, and now as Born Again Christians, they could not live with […]
The rankings of Africa’s top higher education institutions is provided by the 4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu). 4icu is an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited Universities and Colleges in the world. 4icu.org includes 11,160 Colleges and Universities, ranked by web popularity, in 200 countries. A quick look shows that South African […]
National President, ASUU, Nasir Issa-Fagge The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday announced the suspension of the union strike that has crippled the nation’s public universities for close to six months. Addressing a press conference in the Federal Universities of Technology, Minna, the Niger State capital, the National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir […]
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | Dec. 14, 2014 – Reading culture is dying in Nigeria. A tiny number out of about 160 million people have healthy reading habits institutionalised. Majority just enlist into various schools. Many have graduated. They are all for the obtainment of certificates. This habit is causing our country harm. […]
AT last the Federal Government and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday reached a comprise to end the over five month old industrial action that had grounded Nigerian universities. This was sealed by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the implementation of all contending issues in the 2009 […]
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