EDUCATION

Beef up security in schools-Kamal Akande

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2017

Mr Kamal Akande, President, Lagos chapter of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), says the kidnap of six secondary school students in Epe is an indication of lapses in the security of public schools. He spoke in an interview with the NAN in Lagos on Sunday against

EDUCATION

NUC to upgrade FRSC academy to degree awarding institution

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2017

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Academy in Udi, Enugu State, is to be upgraded to a degree awarding institution,  the FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said. Oyeyemi said this in Owerri on Friday after a meeting with Prof. Francis Eze, the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Owerri. He said that […]

EDUCATION

Nile University Abuja emerges winner 2017 private universities debate

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2017

Nile University, Abuja, came first among ten participating institutions in the 5th edition of the Nigeria Private Universities Debate (NIPUD), sponsored by Mrs Toyin Saraki, Wife of the President of the Senate. The Caleb University, Lagos, came second in the week-long event, which ended on Friday, while Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa, and Covenant University, Ogun […]

EDUCATION

Stakeholders calls for more effort on girl-child education

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2017

Panelists at the `SHE Forum Africa’ a pan African Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Thursday called for more effort on girl-child education in our society. They made the remark in Abuja, at the fourth edition of the SHE Forum Africa 2017 conference with the theme; `Evolve or Be Left Behind’. Mrs Fati Balla-Abubakar, the former […]

EDUCATION

JAMB: Why we’ll not release results of many candidates

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Thursday said it would not release results of candidates identified in footages of Close Circuit Television, CCTV, to have indulged in malpractices during the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. This was disclosed by JAMB registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, who spoke as a guest on Channels

EDUCATION

Benue translates science textbooks to Tiv language

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board has started translating science textbooks into Tiv dialect for easy learning and sustenance of indigenous languages. The Executive Chairman of the board, Mr Philip Tachin, made this known on Wednesday while declaring open, a two-week teacher professional development workshop. The workshop had the theme: “Strengthening