Lagos still recording high numbers of daily COVID-19 infections In spite of the high numbers of daily COVID-19 infections being recorded, the Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its earlier pronouncement that all public and private schools in Lagos State below tertiary level should resume on Monday, 18th January, 2021 for the second term 2020/2021 academic Read More…
The Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Sola Aiyepeku, says the commission is planning to reintegrate sports into the school curriculum. Aiyepeku speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos commended the State Government for being proactive to sports development. “Our key areas of focus for 2021 are : Read More…
It is now official. The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has suspended its 10-month long strike. In a tweet posted on Wednesday morning, it announced: #Breaking: ASUU suspends 10month strike conditionally. Congratulations to all undergraduates. #ASUU The teachers’ union had embarked a strike since February 2020 calling for more funding for public universities Read More…
In picture above: (From left): Mr. Adeyemi Adebayo, Director of Private Education & Special Programmes, OEQA; representative of the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Funso Raji; Winner of Spelling BEE Y2020 competition, Miss Jemima Marcus; the HC Min. of Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo; Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni at the Read More…
Lagos State has emerged winner of the 2020 President’s Inter-SUBEB debate Nigeria (PSDN) championship. The competition, which held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, focused on Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary. Lagos State defeated Ebonyi on 4-1 scores in the final debate, with Elizabeth Adeleye from Lagos state emerging best speaker with a N200,000 prize Read More…
Museums and Monuments in some states across the country have continued to deteriorate due to paucity of funds and low visitor turn-out. A nationwide survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), revealed that government funding for the sector had been on the decline, due to dwindling revenue generation occasioned by the outbreak of Read More…
The Federal Government has agreed to pay the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) using a different mode of payment other than the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door Read More…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that full e-learning in Nigeria would be difficult in view of challenges of infrastructure, power and internet access. “The country cannot operate 100 per cent e-learning in view of the challenges of infrastructure, power and internet access. It will be difficult,” Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, NUC Deputy Executive Secretary Read More…
The Lagos State Government has directed all students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the #EndSARS protests. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, emphasised that the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools is paramount at this critical Read More…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it is working with other stakeholders in the market to introduce capital market studies in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the country. Mrs Efe Ebelo, the Head of Corporate Communication, SEC, Abuja, in a statement on Sunday said that the move would boost the level and quality of Read More…