Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The west African Examination council has said the use of information and communication Technology has reduced the period for the processing of result of the west African senior school certificate Examination for candidates from 84 days to 45 days.

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has charged the Redeemer’s College of Technology and Management, Ogun State, to develop a relevant academic curriculum to enable graduands to be contributors to national development in the areas of entrepreneurship and scientific inventions. The Chairman, Governing Council, RECTEM, Dr Johnson Odesola, said the convocation provided ample opportunity for assessment of the performance of an institution and to raise the bar for higher academic and entrepreneurial pursuits. The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, Kaduna, Prof. Idris Bugaji noted that Technical and Vocational Education and Training remained the driving force for sustainable development. Mama Dada, a middle-aged woman, set herself ablaze over her inability to pay back a loan from a microfinance bank.

The major challenge in Nigerian universities has to do with salaries, lack of laboratories, teaching environment, shortage of lecturers, infrastructure, and lack of light. This has led to students having no seats to sit down, sharing seats, and no teaching aids or audios. Additionally, lecturers are stressed doing excess of what they should not be doing, and students have to stay 15-20 kilometres away from the school for accommodation at a cheaper rate. These are critical problems that cannot be addressed outside of the system. The union of lecturers is asking the government to increase the budget to education from the present five per cent to six per cent to 15 to 25 per cent and devote N1.3tn to Nigerian universities spread over six years. They also want the government to devote 30% of the Value Added Tax (VAT) to fund education and even 20% of VAT would resolve all these problems.

The provost,Wavecrest college of Hospitality ,Rosana Forsuelo  said future of the workplace globally lies on skill acquisitions and not degrees.

The  executive secretary UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, lamented that there are shortage of teachers in government schools across the country and that there is need to get more qualified and competent ones.

Laterna Ventures Limited's Corporate Affairs Manager, Nnaji Charles, has said early reading will help develop leadership skills in children, and the company is using World Book Day to encourage the culture of book reading among students.

Laterna Ventures Limited's Corporate Affairs Manager, Nnaji Charles, has said early reading will help develop leadership skills in children, and the company is using World Book Day to encourage the culture of book reading among students.

The Lagos state first Generation Heritage College Association (LAFGHECA) and the Golden Flower Global Concept Limited,have said sporting activities will eliminate cybercrime among secondary school students.The founder of LAFGHECA,Mr otunba olapeju,said if children are engaged in sport,they would think less of crime. Also sports competition is aimed at not only discovering great sporting talents but also in healing emotional wounds amoungst peers in order not to see themselves as enemies.

The groaning occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy grew louder on Monday as the Nigerian Labour Congress said it was ready to fight the economic pains and hardship caused by the Federal Government’s decision.University workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the University of Lagos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The varsity unions decried the situation, saying the subsidy was ’unintelligently removed. ’The National Assistant Secretary, Chris Onyeka,“We are going to give the Federal Government an ultimatum. But they have refused to make amends. Let them prepare themselves because we are preparing. We are ready to fight back, ” he said, The product currently sells for between N568 and N617 per litre.

Yabatech has donated a Mobile Learning Aid to enable learners access learning materials online without internet and data subscription. The Aptus Pi was donated by the Commonwealth of Learning under the Skills in Demand Project, which is aimed at upgrading and formalizing informal apprenticeships in Nigeria. Successful learners will be awarded the National Skills Qualification Certificate after assessment by the National Business and Technical Examinations Board.