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Lecturers of the Agostinho Neto University (UAN) will benefit from masters and doctorate scholarships in France, following the signing on Tuesday, in Luanda, of a cooperation agreement between the institution and the French Embassy in Angola.
ZWELANI Ncube, a qualified teacher, came to SA because his teacher's pay in Zimbabwe came to less than R150 a month.
THE Government is to include the teaching of vocational subjects in all education programmes, the education minister has said.
ORGANISATIONS dealing in child rights protection have expressed concern over the rate at which children are dropping out of school in Kasese district.
THE National Curriculum Development Centre (NCC) should design a syllabus that adequately caters for children with disabilities.
As part of his resolve to redress the rot in the education sector, Governor Rotimi Amaechi has said that new primary schools to be built by his administration would be fully equipped with internet facilities.
LEGISLATORS yesterday backed Makerere University's position to charge students a development fee of sh123,500 and a technology fee of sh50,000.
Registrar and Chief Executive of National Examinations Council, (NECO) Professor Promise Okpala has said that the Council has no power to stop any strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) even with the negative effect the last Industrial action had on the conduct of its SSCE Examinations nationwide.
THE Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) do not provide for quality education and are to blame for the low quality education in rural schools.
Glen View 5 Primary School in one of Harare's high-density suburbs is deserted. Classrooms are empty, desks and chairs are piled up in corners and instruction charts are peeling off the walls. Yet, the school's third term is in full swing.
THE call for a review of outcomes-based education (OBE) was only one of many points in a discussion document released by the African National Congress (ANC), education experts said yesterday.
Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda last Friday returned to the classroom as a voluntary teacher of secondary school students. An Economics graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, the Governor taught 'Production' in Economics to one of the SSS 3 classes at Government Girls Science College, Bauchi.
STUDENTS of St. Leo's College Kyegobe in Kabarole district on Sunday went on strike, protesting poor hygiene in the school and demanding the removal of their head teacher, Joseph Mary, Etubire.
ABOUT N62 billion has been committed to primary and secondary education since May 2003 in Ondo State, Governor Olusegun Agagu said yesterday in Akure.
Mr. Ato Essuman, Chief Director of the Ministry of Education Science and Sports, has expressed worry about high rate of social vices in educational institutions in recent times.
The National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN is to upgrade its Akure study centre to an International study centre as an alternate to Lagos study centre.
Imo State government has threatened to summarily sack from the state school system, any teacher that refuses or neglects to report to his/her new place of posting.
The 2008 International Management Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered NIM) and the Association of Management Organisations in Africa (AMOA) has ended in Abuja with a call for a paradigm shift from poverty eradication to wealth creation.
The oldest secondary schools in Kwara State capital, Ilorin, Government Secondary School and Queen Elizabeth Secondary School are to become models in science education, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Alhaji Bolaji Abdullahi has said.
When Sacred Heart College, Apapa opened its doors to its first set of 14 students and six teachers on September 24, 2007, book publishers considered the population too small to supply books, but then, it was the first step and there was no turning back.
Erosion remains a menace threatening the Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) and would require over N290 million to find a lasting solution to it. The Vice-chancellor, Prof Mkpa A. Mkpa, who made this known in his address at the 19th convocation ceremony of the university, expressed worry that if urgent action was not taken, the university might lose its major infrastructural facilities.
As part of its drive to resuscitate its education sector, Anambra State government says it will spend N6 billion on the renovation of primary and secondary schools in various communities in the state.
Worried by the level of moral decadence among students in public schools, a Muslim leader, Sheik Ahmad Abdul Rahman has advocated the immediate return of schools to their original owners, the missionaries, for the proper upbringing of children.
Osun State University has honoured Prof. Michael Omolewa, Nigeria's Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO with the Exemplary Leadership Award. The Award was presented on behalf of the university by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Prof. Peter Okebukola, at a brief ceremony, held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris Monday.
The Sokoto State government is set to establish three libraries in each of the three senatorial zones in the state: Tambuwal, Gwadabawa and Wamakko Local Government Areas.
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