Nigeria’s education curriculum can’t achieve anything in 21st Century — Sen Emodi
Madam Emordi Emodi insisted that what the federal government was parading at the moment as education curriculum can never drive the country towards achieving what it should achieve as a country in the 21st century. The former senator, who represented Anambra North Senatorial District between 2005 and 2010, spoke Sunday at an event planned by Brickhall School to honour Mrs Uchenna Onwamaegbu-Ugwu, founder of Edufun Technik STEM Center, following the winning of the 2018 Technovation World Pitch in California, USA, by the five secondary schoolgirls she mentored in her company.
Cornwall Council wants register of children ‘missing in education’
The Department for Education (DfE) has been consulting on the issue across England and said it would “respond in due course”
The report to the DfE by Cornwall Council said the “majority of parents and carers engage with the local authority readily” when they removed their child from school.
But it said voluntary registration of home schooling “allows some children to become missing in education”.
The council is calling for a compulsory register of those who are homeschooled.
And it is urging ministers to provide enough money so it can monitor and support home education properly.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-45358435
Ecobank gives 20-year educational grant to child artist
Ecobank has given a 20-year education grant and monthly allowances plan to the 11-year-old Nigerian Artist, Waris Olamilekan Kareem, who drew a portrait of President Macron in 2 hours during his appearance at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos in July 2018.
This is the first recognition the boy has gotten from any organisation in the country and it is what is most needed.