PH Mundial – Port Harcourt Online Newspaper News Across The Region
The Nigerian education environment is a tapestry of cultures and curricula imported from different climes around the globe. There are a plethora of so called international schools around populated by children of civil servants, ‘ex this’ and ‘former that’ that breed nothing but misfits for the society. Our source …
Read More »Stakeholders: Students’ performance in SSCE over 5 years in North West disappointing
Stakeholders in the education sector in the Northwest have described the performance of students in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) over the last five years as disappointing. The stakeholders blamed the situation on poor funding, students’ poor attitude to learning and the lack of motivation for teachers. …
Read More »Rotary gives 1,000 bags to pupils and sung borehole in schools
As part of the move to mitigate the negative impact of economic recession on parents in discharging their responsibilities towards their children, Rotary Club of Omole-Golden, District 9110, Nigeria has donated no less than 1,000 school bags and a borehole to a primary school in Lagos. It was learnt that the …
Read More »Security experts have urged the Federal Government to introduce a national safe school policy
Security experts have urged the Federal Government to introduce a national safe school policy in response to the incessant attacks on the right to education in the country. Speaking at a Safe School Summit in Abuja recently, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Consultancy Unit, Nigerian Defence Academy, Major Gen. Matthias …
Read More »Welding Engineering as a course in Nigeria’s Universities and Polytechnics
Minster of science and technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has described Welding Engineering as critical and an integral part of science & technology and innovation required in the manufacturing and construction sectors. This was at a Meeting with Leaders of Nigerian Institute of Welding who called on him for support in …
Read More »Where did Boston schools rank among colleges?
Gather ’round everyone, for U.S. News & World Report has released its 2017 Best Colleges ranking, and there is much trash-talking to be had with the school at the other end of the B Line. Princeton University narrowly edged out Harvard for the number 1 spot in the national universities …
Read More »Welding Engineering as a course in Nigeria’s Universities and Polytechnics
Minster of science and technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has described Welding Engineering as critical and an integral part of science & technology and innovation required in the manufacturing and construction sectors. This was at a Meeting with Leaders of Nigerian Institute of Welding who called on him for support in …
Read More »The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the report for 2015 National Assessment of Progress in Education (NAPE).
The NAPE assessments were administered to the pupils of Primary three (P3) and Primary six (P6). In addition, the P6 tests were administered to in-service teachers, pre-service teachers and tutors. Unlike the NAPE reports, this time assessments was not administered to secondary school students, precisely, those in their second year …
Read More »Britannia Secondary to be pulled from VSB closure list
Many parents of school-aged children on the east side are breathing a little easier tonight. A majority of Vancouver School Board trustees is recommending Britannia Secondary School be removed from a 12 school list of potential closures. Chair Mike Lombardi says the main message was “something magical” was happening at Britannia …
Read More »Oyebode: Genuine School Sports Vital to Devt
Against the backdrop of dwindling fortune of Nigerian sports, Oluseyi Oyebode a foremost grassroots sports developer believes those in charge of Nigerian sports must pay more attention to school sports development. Oyebode, whose efforts made Lagos-based Greensprings School a household name in school sports believes that a revival of …
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