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A volunteer firefighter who tackled a 14-year-old gunman, who shot two students and a teacher outside a South Carolina primary school after killing his father at their home, has been hailed a hero. Jamie Brock, a 30-year veteran of the Townville Volunteer Fire Department down the road from the town’s …

The Presidency and the Office of the Vice President lack the expertise to oversee proposed recruitment of 500,000 teachers and should therefore hand the job over to the Ministry of Education. The chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Senator Jubrin Barau, made this demand …

Questions about hygiene and water sanitation formed the theme of School quiz competition, organised by WaterAid Nigeria among some select Secondary Schools in Plateau State. The aim was to test the intelligence of students aimed at boosting their hygiene and water sanitation practice, therefore in the last financial year where …

  Education is one of the surest ways to improve life in West Africa. Without even a primary education, children are likely to remain impoverished for the rest of their lives. Many million school-age children in West Africa are working instead of going to classes. In addition to facing a …

  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 …

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. …

In view of the suspension of the Strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), OOU branch, the Postgraduate Admission Qualifying Examinations which was scheduled earlier  will now be held in the various departments as follows: -Full-time Applicants (All Departments) Friday 7th October, 2016 10:00am …

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 …

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 …

The screening exercise of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), we have been re-scheduled and will now take place on Wednesday, 12th October, 2016 at the Afe Babalola University Main Campus alone. GENERAL INFORMATION The following candidates are entitled to attend the screening exercise on 12th of October, 2016. Category A (i) Candidates who …