ASUP To Begin Indefinite Strike November 13.


The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ( ASUP ) is set to set out on an inconclusive hit activity with impact from Monday, November 13, 2017 to press for the usage of its concurrence with government, blaming government for treating polytechnic instruction with despise and levity.

Ascending from the crisis meeting of its National Executive Council, ASUP said it must choose between limited options than to set out on an inconclusive strike after the lapse of its prior 21 days final proposal, including that the propitiatory meeting sorted out by the Federal Ministry of Labor neglected to deliver positive outcome in light of the fact that the Ministry of Education was not keen on settling the question.

Source : Nairaland

12 finalists rise in Cowbellpedia maths rivalry


Students from Kaduna, Niger, Ondo and Abia States finished the rundown of 12 finalists for the 2017 Cowbellpedia optional school arithmetic TV test appear.

In the lesser class, Joel Ndoh of Marist Brothers Juniorate, Aba, Abia State; Olayinka Abdulwakil of Nigerian Tulip International College Kaduna and Greatman Nwachukwu of Dority International Secondary School, Aba, scaled the first-round obstacle, while Nwachukwu left in the second round to clear path for Ndoh and Abdulwakil in the last.

Hezekiah Ilesanmi of Bibo Oluwa Academy, Ilesha, Osun State; Joseph Agom of Top Faith International Secondary School, Uyo, and Fuad Alaka of Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba, Lagos who recorded an ideal score in the qualifying examination, did not influence it to pass the first round.

Source: Guardian

Understudies today esteem training less and cash more: contemplate


More than eight million understudies altogether, including twenty to thirty year olds, Gen Xers and people born after WW2, were approached about their explanations behind enlisting in school. They needed to answer the amount they esteemed results like “to have the capacity to show signs of improvement work,” “to have the capacity to profit,” “to take in more about things that intrigue me” and “to set myself up for graduate or expert school.”

Around 71 percent of recent college grads said they felt profiting was imperative, rather than just 55 percent of boomers who felt the same. In the mean time, 68 percent of recent college grads said general training was vital, versus 69 percent of boomers.

Source : CNBC

Establishment accomplices substance firm to advance ICT in state funded schools


To help Information and Communications Technology (ICT) instruction in the nation, Oando Foundation (OF), a free philanthropy and Sumitomo Chemical, a Japanese Chemical Company, have built up three sun powered fueled ICT focuses in select open grade schools the nation over.

The association as per the accomplices will affect more than 2,400 recipients; connect the current holes in the conveyance of ICT training in government funded schools; and also engage students in Oando embraced schools with innovation aptitudes.

 

Source : Guardian

How Montessori strategy for learning can free the psyche, by specialists


Superintendent, the Montessori School of Camden, South Carolina, United States, Dr. John Moncure, has charged instruction directors the nation over to embrace Montessori technique for training as it has the ability to free human personalities and guide them towards understanding their true abilities.

Moncure who drove the appointment of Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) On-Site Verification Team, to Greensprings Montessori Center (GMC), Lagos, to approve the inside’s preparation exercises for conceivable accreditation, declared that nations that are insightful have embraced the Montessori style for their rudimentary training framework as it offers understudies boundless access to learning.

 

Source : Guardian

LASU hosts $1m Hult Prize competition


Lagos State University (LASU) has been selected among several universities globally to host the world’s largest competition, Hult Prize, which rewards students who employ ideas to solve the world’s pressing challenge with $1m.

This was revealed at an interview with the campus director, Oscar Udebuana as well as the team of volunteers. Hult Prize is a not-for-profit organization that encourages ideas and buds entrepreneurs from several universities to solve a world challenge.

Source : Guardian

I didn’t open my heart to close relationships with opposite sex – Caleb’s best graduating Student


OMOTOLA Elizabeth Nejo, 22, graduated with a First-Class Honours in Mass Communication, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA, of 4.85 and emerged the best graduating student at the just concluded 2017 graduation ceremony of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State.

  • Education first

  • Chose friends purposefully

  • Had two scholarships

Source : Vanguard

UNESCO calls for accountability and transparency


The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), Tuesday in Paris called on governments to design accountability and transparency for schools and teachers, adding that governments should set up independent institutions to handle complaints emanating from the sector.

 

 

 

Read more at: Vanguard

Buhari directs Ministry to convene summit on education


President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education to convene a ministerial summit on education within the next few weeks.President Muhammadu Buhari talking

The president gave the directive on Saturday in Ilorin, in his address at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Ilorin.

The president was represented by Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed, the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission (NUC).

He explained that reason for the summit is to tackle major problem facing the education sector.

Source: premiumtimes