A university teacher and writer, Prof. Oladejo Afolayan, and the Commissioner for Education in Osun State, Mr. Kola Omotunde-Young, have called on parents and teachers to communicate with their children in indigenous Nigerian languages.Addressing students at the third book fair organised by Joyous Innovations Sixty Seven, held at the Osogbo Government High School, Osogbo on Wednesday, Afolayan and Omotunde-Young said that most of the highly successful persons around the world first learnt to speak their mother-tongues.
Full article : http://www.punchng.com/indigenous-languages-cant-stop-children-from-becoming-successful/
Dangote Committed To Education
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, has pledged his commitment to the development of education and healthcare sector, as he bagged the Ahmadu Bello University’s top Corporate Award.
Mr Tony Chiejina, the Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, in a statement on Monday in Lagos, said that Mr Ahmed Mansur, the Executive Director, Stakeholders Management and Corporate Communication, represented Dangote at the award.
The award was presented by the University’s Alumni Association in recognition of Dangote’s numerous contributions to the development of the nation’s education sector.
Dangote said that the award would spur the conglomerate to scale up its intervention programmes in all sectors.
“Dangote Group will not rest on its oars in ensuring that the educational sector achieved its rightful place in Nigeria,” he said.
Also, Prof. Ahmed Mora, the National President, Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association, said that the interventions of Dangote Foundation in the education sector had been unprecedented through the years, especially, its various scholarship programmes.
On Universal Healthcare Coverage, Ms Zouera Youssoufou, the Dangote Foundation Chief Executive, said that the foundation would continue to work with governments and civil society organisations for the development of impactful health sector programmes in Nigeria and Africa.
Your investment in health, education not good enough– Bill Gates
Bill Gates, world’s second richest man, says the federal government’s investments in young people, especially in areas of health and education, is not good enough.
He said this in an interview with CNN. The co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation reiterated the comments he made when he spoke at the expanded national economic council meeting on Thursday.
At the meeting which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Gates had said the execution priorities of the economic recovery and growth plan do not reflect the true needs of Nigerians.
“The Nigerian government’s economic recovery and growth plan identify investing in our people as one of three strategic objectives. But the execution priorities don’t fully reflect people’s needs, prioritising physical capital over human capital,” he had said.
“People without roads, ports, and factories can’t flourish. And roads, ports and factories without skilled workers to build and manage them can’t sustain an economy.”
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, who was at the meeting had defended the federal government, saying Gates’ comment was incorrect.
But in the chat with CNN, the billionaire businessman defended his criticism of the Nigerian government.
He said Nigeria would become an engine of growth if the government gets health and education right.
“As a partner in Nigeria, I am saying the current plan is inadequate. Nigeria has all these young people and the current quality and quantity of investment in these young generations; in health and education just isn’t good enough. So, I was very direct,” he told CNN.
“If they can get health and education right, they will be an engine of growth not just for themselves but for all of Africa.”
Teacher treks 42km to school daily, honoured with standing fan
A teacher who walks 42km to school has been rewarded with a standing fan, in appreciation of his dedicated service.
Awudu Kombian, who teaches at Warvi D/A Primary School, Ghana, received the gift at the parade to mark Ghana’s 61st Independence, which held on Tuesday.
Apart from travelling such a long distance, Kombian was the only teacher in the school, and also doubled as the headmaster until recently when three teachers were posted to the school.
The school, which has a population of about 74 pupils with three classrooms, was solely taken care of by Kombian for more than a year.
As a headmaster, he performed other tasks and so the school was always closed down whenever he fell ill or travelled.
Full article : http://punchng.com/teacher-walks-42km-to-school-daily-honoured-with-standing-fan/
Send your child to school or risk imprisonment
The Bayelsa State Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute any parent who refuses to allow his child to acquire formal education.
The decision came on the heels of the signing into law of the Compulsory Primary and Secondary Education Law by Governor Seriake Dickson.
Addressing journalists on Thursday after a meeting by the State Executive Council, the Commissioner for Education, Jonathan Obuebite, said that with the signing of the bill into law, every child of school age must be enrolled in any of the various model schools in the state. Obuebite warned that the parents or guardians of any child seen loitering or hawking during school hours would be dealt with as provided in the new law.
Full Article : http://punchng.com/send-your-child-to-school-or-risk-imprisonment/
Trump Floats Bonuses for Trained, Armed Teachers
PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Thursday suggested rewarding teachers who are trained how to use firearms and have a conceal carry permit with bonuses – one of several ideas the administration is considering as a way to prevent another school shooting in the wake of a Florida school shooting in which a former student killed 17 children and adults.
The president called for “a little bit of a bonus,” according to the White House pool report, for teachers who go through “rigorous training” to carry concealed weapons.
“You can’t hire enough security guards,” Trump said. “But you could have concealed on the teachers.”
Full Article : https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2018-02-22/trump-floats-bonuses-for-trained-armed-teachers
Nigerians are receiving expired education, says U.S. varsity VC
Vice Chancellor of the University of America, California, Prof. Gamalier O. Prince, has said that the change mantra of the Federal Government must fix the educational system if there must be positive improvement in the country.
Prince, who stated that the nation’s academic system expired long ago, said that the leadership of Nigeria had continued to fail because the educational system failed to impact the right qualities and had not shown signs of recovery.
Prince said: “People in Nigeria are getting expired education. That is why you see people who studied engineering and are not able to do engineering feat. You see people who studied computer science and are not able to understand anything or diagnose computer language and what have you. This is because Nigeria’s educational system is a dilapidated one.
Full article: https://guardian.ng/news/nigerians-are-receiving-expired-education-says-u-s-varsity-vc/
We are ready to offer Nigerians affordable education – Netherlands
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria on Wednesday announced the readiness of Dutch universities and other higher educational institutions to offer qualitative and affordable education to Nigerians.
The embassy’s Advisor for Trade and Economic Affairs, Mrs Sonia Odije, disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos ahead of the Second “Study in Holland Fair’’ in Lagos. Odije said that following the First Study in Holland on June 10, last year, a delegation of Dutch universities and other institutions would soon be visiting Lagos for recruitment of Nigerians.
Full Article : https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/ready-offer-nigerians-affordable-education-netherlands/
FG decries neglect of girl-child education
The Federal Government, through the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, has decried the lack of attention to the education of the girl-child in the country.
Speaking during the opening of a five-day training workshop for school administrators held in Ondo, Ondo State, the Director-General of NIEPA, Prof. Lilian Salami, who conveyed the government’s position, said the girl-child, in comparison to the opposite sex, was being subjected to “demeaning and destabilising situations” that had placed her in a disadvantaged position in the society.
Source : Punch
UK raises overseas education aid by 50%
The UK will increase aid for education in developing countries by 50% to £75m per year, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt will promise.
The government has faced criticism over its ring-fenced commitment to overseas aid – and this announcement marks a new emphasis on education projects.
Ms Mordaunt said supporting schools in poorer countries was a “hard-headed” investment in a more prosperous future.
But aid agencies warned the amounts promised were still insufficient.
Ms Mordaunt will make the announcement of £225m funding over three years at a global education conference in Senegal, hosted by France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Senegal’s President Macky Sall.
Source : BBC