The future of education was on Saturday at the forefront of discourse again, as education stakeholders gathered to discuss how to revive education in the country. The event was organised by the Good News Baptist Church, Surulere, Lagos State recently. Ngozi Osarenren, a Professor of Guardian and Counseling at the …
Read More »Send your children to local varsities, JAMB registrar to wealthy Nigerians
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has advised the elite to stop sending their children abroad for the first degree education. Oloyede, who noted that private universities must be “realistic by considering the economic situation in the country,” said some private universities in the …
Read More »Technical education: ECOWAS set to train 12,000 pupils
The Economic Community of West African States, in partnership with a technology firm, Skill ‘G’ Nigeria Limited, says it will train no fewer than 12,000 pupils in the sub-region on technical education and science annually. According to a statement from ECOWAS, in order to achieve this target, the organisation held …
Read More »BECE: Kwara records 86% as 37,480 candidates passed
No fewer than 37,480 candidates in Kwara State who sat for the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Education (BECE) were successful with pass mark in various subjects including the compulsory subjects of English and Mathematics. The number represented 86.3 per cent of the total number of 431, 430 candidates that were …
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