Monday, November 18

Education

Management of OAU Speaks on School Reopening
2Sep By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Management of OAU Speaks on School Reopening

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife has dismissed a circular allegedly signed by registrar of the institution stating the school was set to reopen. This was disclosed in a communique issued by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju who said the institution remains shut as instructed by the Federal government in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic until otherwise stated. According to the statement, Olarewaju said, “The university Management wishes to officially inform our students at all levels, their parents and guardians that the said circular is fake and malicious both in content and context and it should be disregarded in its entirety. “Obafemi Awolowo University is a Federal Government-owned institution and the instruction to go on re...
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Schools in Osun to Reopen September 21
1Sep By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Schools in Osun to Reopen September 21

Osun State Government on Monday said that schools across the state are set to reopen on September 21, 2020. This was contained in a communique by Mrs Funke Egbemode, Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, after State Executive Council meeting. According to Egbemode, stakeholders should continue to formulate safety protocols towards the reopening of schools in line with guidelines by Federal Ministry of Education. She said the resumption will be in phases with effect from September 21 for an abridged third term of the 2019/2020 academic session. The statement partly read, “Having conducted an assessment of schools within the State to ascertain the level of preparations for reopening, the government has scheduled schools to resume from the COVID-19 break on September...
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Students Urge Government to Provide Palliatives to Private Schools as Schools Are Set to Reopen in Lagos
30Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Students Urge Government to Provide Palliatives to Private Schools as Schools Are Set to Reopen in Lagos

Muslim students in Lagos State have appealed to government to provide palliatives for private schools to avert job losses occasioned by adverse effect of COVID-19 on private schools. The call comes after Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Saturday directed tertiary institutions to open from September 14 while primary and secondary schools might be reopened on September 21. This was disclosed by Miftahudeen Thanni, President of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter (MSSNLagos), in a communique on Sunday, Punch reports. He urged government to provide palliatives for private schools in Lagos state. Thanni said, “We also appeal to government across all levels to assist private schools with palliatives. This will help to cushion the effect of COVI...
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A third of Africa’s Children Missed Virtual Learning, says UNICEF
27Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Africa, African Development, Covid-19, Education, News

A third of Africa’s Children Missed Virtual Learning, says UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said the COVID-19 induced school closure has created a global education emergency occasioned by the inability of a third of children to access virtual leaning. UNICEF said about 1.5 billion children could not access learning at the peak of lockdowns intended to ameliorate the spread of coronavirus. Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director said, “For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, there was no such a thing as remote learning. “The sheer number of children whose education was completely disrupted for months on end is a global education emergency,” she said in a statement. “The repercussions could be felt in economies and societies for decades to come.” According to the report released on Wednesday, ...
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Northern Cyprus Unsafe for Education, Nigerian Government Alerts Parents
25Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, Human Rights, Justice, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Youths

Northern Cyprus Unsafe for Education, Nigerian Government Alerts Parents

The Nigerian Government has flagged Northern Cyprus as unsafe for Nigerians seeking education abroad due to the continued and mysterious killing of blacks in the country, Sahara Reporters reports. The alarm was raised by Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Monday when she hosted a delegation led by Justice Amina Bello, mother of a Nigeria student, Ibrahim Khaleel, who lost his life in insoluble circumstances in Cyprus. She advised parents against sending children there for education, noting hundreds of Nigerian students had been murdered there without the perpetrators been brought to justice. Commenting on the killings, Dabiri-Erewa said, “The death of Ibrahim Khaleel should be the tipping point to stop the killing of our children anywhere in the wo...
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FG Discloses Plans for Resumption of Tertiary Institutions
25Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, News, Nigeria, Safety

FG Discloses Plans for Resumption of Tertiary Institutions

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has said private universities are more prepared for resumption than government owned tertiary institutions. He disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Nwajiuba said government is yet to decide on a date for commencement of schools across the federation even though government talks are ongoing with relevant stakeholders in the education sector. The minister stated that he had met with stakeholders in tertiary education alongside the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu as part of consultations for schools’ resumption. He said, “about 78 privately-owned universities are insisting that they were ready for resumption” while the response from government-owned universi...
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UNILAG Crisis: FG Suspends Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Sets Up Panel
22Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

UNILAG Crisis: FG Suspends Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Sets Up Panel

The federal government has waded into the crisis rocking the University of Lagos (UNILAG), suspending Wale Babalakin as the pro-chancellor and chairman, governing council of the institution. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by spokesperson of the ministry of education, Ben Goong, Cable published. Goong also stated that Oluwatoyin was equally suspended as the vice-chancellor (VC), adding that a panel of inquiry has been commissioned to probe the crisis rocking the institution. According to the statement, Tukur Sa’ad, former vice-chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Minna, chairs the panel, with Victor Onuorah Onuoha, Ikenna Oyindo, Grace Braide, Adamu Usman, and Jimoh Bankole as members. Recall the governing council had sacked Ogundipe over alleged financia...
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ASUU Gives Payment of Arrears as Precondition to Ending Strike
19Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Gives Payment of Arrears as Precondition to Ending Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has tasked the Nigerian Government to pay withheld salaries of its members as a precondition to suspension of ongoing industrial action. National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi while speaking at the unveiling of the union’s Universities Transparency and Accountability Solution at the University of Abuja said making the payment was instrumental to further negotiations with the government over the ongoing strike. The ASUU chairman stated that the office of the Accountant-General had withheld about five months salaries of its members at University of Maiduguri and the Michael Opara University of Agriculture due to non-registration on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). He further noted that such was...
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University of Ibadan Tops Webometrics Ranking of Universities, See List
17Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria, Youths

University of Ibadan Tops Webometrics Ranking of Universities, See List

The premier tertiary institution in Nigeria, University of Ibadan (UI) has been ranked the number one university in Nigeria, 16 in Africa and 1249 in the world. This is according to latest ranking of universities released by Webometrics. Webometrics is a ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web content (number of web pages and files) and the visibility and impact of these web publications according to the number of external inlinks (site citations) they received. Below is the list of top ten Nigerian universities: (1) University of Ibadan. (2) Covenant University, Ota (3) University of Nigeria. (4) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife (5) University of Lagos. (6) Ahmadu Bello Univ...
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Rwanda Discloses Plans for School Resumption
16Aug By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, News, Rwanda

Rwanda Discloses Plans for School Resumption

The government of Rwanda has said schools will remain shut till comprehensive risk assessment is conducted which will determine period and method of resumption. The decision on school reopening is one among other resolutions reached by the cabinet after a meeting on Friday, August 14 in Kigali. The office of the Prime Minister in a statement said, “Remote learning continues to be encouraged and should be strengthened.” Rwanda announced closure of its schools after recording its index case in the middle of March, with government saying schools might remain shut until September at the earliest, CGTN published. The country has confirmed 2,293 cases of COVID-19, with 1,604 recovered patients while 8 have died
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