Education Metro

King’s College’s decaying facilities worry PTA as it elects new executives

Sunday Ameh, newly-elected Chairman, King’s College, Lagos,  Parent-Teacher Association, has promised to explore a Public/Private Partnership (PPP) in rebranding the foremost unity college to restore its glory. The all-boys college was founded in 1909 under the British Act. Ameh made the promise shortly after election as the PTA chairman. He said that the aim of Read More…

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We will fuse sports with education in Lagos schools — LSSC

The Lagos State government has announced plans to fuse education and sports in its schools, with a view to revamping School Sports in the state, the Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Mr Sola Aiyepeku, has said. Aiyepeku, who stated  this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos, was quoted by the Director of Public Relations, Read More…

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Private schools record low turnout in Lagos on resumption

There was low turnout of students in private schools in Lagos State on Monday as academic activities resumed for the second term of 2020/21 session. The Lagos State Government had, on Friday, directed public and private schools below the tertiary level to resume for the new term. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited some private Read More…

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Lagos aligns with FG directive, reopens schools on Jan 18

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…

Education Notes Sports

Lagos Sports Commission to reintegrate sports into school curriculum, says Aiyepeku

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…

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ASUU calls off 10-month long strike

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…

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Jemima Marcus emerges Lagos One Day Governor as she wins 2020 Spelling Bee

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…

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Lagos State emerges 2020 Inter-SUBEB debate winner

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…

Culture & Arts Education Entertainment Metro Notes

Nigerian museums grapple with low visitor-turnout, funding

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…

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ASUU Strike: FG agrees to pay lecturers’ salaries without IPPIS

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…