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The Enugu State University of Science and Technology, (ESUT), on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the University of Cork, Ireland, to test- run a mobile phone application for the treatment diseases prevalent in children in of five years and below in Enugu State. The test-run which will …

The Enugu State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze, has stressed the need for constant and periodic training of teachers toward the development of basic education system in the state. The commissioner said this in an interview in Enugu on Wednesday. He said that the training would expose teachers to …

Adebola, one of the sons of former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has revealed how he got confined to the wheelcheer, just as he has begun a foundation to press for equity and fairness to the physically disabled individuals in Nigeria. In a statement made available last week, …

The World Bank has earmarked 500 million dollars as grant to fund basic education for five years in 5 different states of Nigeria. The Information Officer, Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC, Mrs Helen Okoro, revealed this in a statement on Thursday  in Abuja, the Federal Capital Terrirtory. Mrs Okoro in …

34 Nigerians are among the thousands of students from across the world that will partake in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest graduation of international students. The event will take place in London  in which about 3,000 students will receive their awards from the London School of Marketing …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the reduction of the Federal Government’s allocation to the education sector from 11 per cent in 2015 to 8 per cent in 2016. The ASUU Sokoto Zonal Coordinator, Dr Lawal Argungu, made this known at a Press Conference in Sokoto on …

The Executive Director, Corporate Services, UAC  Nigeria PLC, Mr Joe Dada has reiterated the company’s resolve to stem the tide of increasing deterioration in Nigeria’s education sector. Dada who was speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Free Weekend Classes organised as part of UAC Goodness League initiative for …

Chief Executive Officer, Brooke House Educational Consult Limited, Lagos, Ifueko Thomas, has urged school administrators to ensure adequate training and retraining of teachers, adding that the knowledge of students is directly proportional to their teachers. She said: “Teachers must be regularly trained and motivated to apply 21st century teaching skills …

The new Global Education Monitoring, GEM, as reported by UNESCO, has said that Nigeria, on current trends of global education, will achieve universal primary education in 2070, universal lower secondary education in 2080 and universal upper secondary education in the next century. ‘’On current trends, universal primary education in sub-Saharan …

Dr Ben Ugheoke, the Chairman Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, has denied issuing strike notice to the Federal Government. Ugheoke, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said that he did not grant any interview or issue a statement on pending strike contrary to reports. “My …