UniAbuja Staff School teacher relocates to bush on hunger strike
A teacher with the University of Abuja Secondary School, Mr. Solo Anuli Obiagwu, was on hunger strike for five days over the plight of staff school teachers in the university.
Obiagwu, who claimed he was being owed for 11 months by the university, said teachers in the staff school have been subjected to serious emotional trauma so he protested “victimisation of secondary school teachers at the University of Abuja Secondary School.”
Source : Vanguard
Eton pupils are banned from using smartphones, laptops and tablets in their rooms
Pupils at Eton College have been banned from using smartphones, laptops and tablets in their rooms after bedtime because of fears their addiction to social media is leaving them sleep-deprived.
The £38,700-a-year boarding school has told all 13-year-olds to hand over their electronic devices to their housemasters before they go to bed at 9.30pm.
The measure was introduced by headmaster Simon Henderson, who said lost sleep could harm pupil’s ability to concentrate in lessons and, damage academic performance.
Source : Dailymail
EDO STATE EMERGE WINNERS OF LAFARGE NATIONAL LITERACY COMPETITION
Edo state has risen champs of the 2017 Lafarge National Literacy Competition. 11 year old Yusuf Hassan and 10-year old Faith Toun-Agbai from Edo state developed champs in the definitely challenged finals.
Alternate finalists were Plateau, Anambra, Ondo, Kano and Gombe. Ondo state took the second prize while Kano and Gombe developed third and fourth separately.
Oby Ezekwesili, previous Minister of Education while conveying a keynote address at the occasion complimented Lafarge for concentrating the activity on open elementary schools the nation over.
Source : Businessandeducation