No state in Nigeria can boast of free education – Soweto


Image result for free educationFounder, Education Rights Campaign, ERC Mr Hassan Soweto has described the claim of free education offered by states in Nigeria as insincere and dishonest.

He said this at the closing of 2018 ERC free holiday coaching lesson organized for students in Ajegunle, and held in Nawair U Deen Primary School, Arumoh street. At the events which saw gifts presented to overall best students in all the classes and that had the presence of Daggar Tolar , a renowned poet and  former Nigerian Union of Teachers , NUT chairman  Ifelodun- Ajeromi among other dignitaries , Soweto said  that ,”

The government is being insincere and dishonest when they say they are providing free education under the education for all project that began over a decade. In Lagos state website, for instance, the said claim is made.

Worries, as more Nigerian undergraduates commit suicide…


Related imageOn Monday, an undergraduate of the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Aduba Daniel, reportedly committed suicide by drinking a deadly insecticide known locally as ‘Sniper’.

Daniel was found writhing in pain and immediately rushed to a hospital in the Amassoma area, where it was realised that he had drunk the whole bottle. Also, it was discovered that the deceased had carry-overs in four courses and this must have led him to take his own life.

The incident, as sad as it is, is the latest among several cases of suicide recorded in Nigerian universities between 2017 and 2018.

In October, 2017, a16-year old 100-level student of Microbiology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Miss Mercy Afolaranmi, allegedly took her own life by drinking rat poison mixed with battery extracts. The reason given for Afolaranmi’s suicide by sources close to her was “emotional pressure.”

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Microsoft unveils new education package for Nigerian schools


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Microsoft Corporation, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja, has introduced an educational framework for the digital transformation of primary and secondary schools in the country.

Our correspondent learnt that part of the framework is a technology solution, Microsoft 365, which can help schools to upload the scores of their pupils and make them accessible to parents. The solution, developed under the ‘Windows in the Classroom’ programme, was done in collaboration with a Nigerian firm, Sidmach Technologies.

The Microsoft Education Programmes Manager, Jordan Belmonte, in an interview with our correspondent, said the package would also help schools to track their pupils’ attendance and assist parents to monitor their children’s academic performance.

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