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The governor of Zamfara State, Mahmud Shinkafi, has said that the state government has built schools, mosques and freed prisoners with collectio...

Students of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, went on the rampage over tuition fees hike. However, they claim that the violence was instigated ...

Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, has perfected arrangements to establish its faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, thus becoming the second universi...

The management of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) will ensure regular evaluation of the scheme for improved service to the nation, its Di...

Over three months ago, Adenike, a junior secondary school one student of Aunty Ayo Girls Comprehensive Junior Secondary School in Ikoyi,

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has protested an application by the defence counsel of the accused to stall the trial of four dire...

Davidson Njoku and Dele Ogunyemi 17 February 2010 A mild drama occurred around 10 a.m. at the Oke-Bola Comprehensive High School, Ib...

It was an unforgettable moment of tears and praises to God when the remains of the Proprietress of Imperial Gate Schools Lekki, Mrs. Omobolan...

A commercial bus driver yesterday crashed into a primary school in Andaza town, Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, killing two pupils a...

National Boundary Commission (NBC) has been asked to step up actions to forestall future border conflicts between neighbouring communities in the coun...

As overcrowding and inadequate facilities hinder public schools in Abuja, operators of private schools are smiling to the banks reaping bountiful harv...

Brutal attacks” on teachers and pupils are being used as a tactic of terror and political violence, says an international report. A report from th...

As evident in the turnout of the 7th Canadian Education Fair held in Lagos over the weekend, more Nigerians dissatisfied with the present level of ter...

On Tuesday, students of the Lagos State College of Health Technology, Yaba, said they would storm the Lagos State House of Assembly if legislators fai...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the delay in implementing the Supreme Court rulings on the 49 sacked lecturers in the Univ...

TO ensure early resumption of studies at its Nsukka campus closed down on January 16, 2010, owing to students' unrest, as well as forestall a repeat o...

A Professor of Education, University of Lagos, Prof. Olugbemiga Aderele, has called on the Federal Government to bar political office holders in Niger...

The Canadian Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Jean Gauthier, has emphasised the important role of education in an economy, saying Nigeria’s qu...

Though the National Policy on Education makes the teaching and learning of indigenous languages compulsory in the nation’s school system, OLUNIKE ASAO...

WITH one voice, eminent Nigerians agreed yesterday that the free education policy introduced by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the Western Region i...

THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has warned that the world financial crisis could sabotage poor countries...

Over 70 per cent of the candidates who sat for the 2009 November/December West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations failed both English an...

The Emir of Fika and Chancellor of the University of Uyo Alhaji Mohammad Abali Idrisa yesterday commended the management of Total Petroleum Company fo...

Recently, public schools from all the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) gathered in Abuja to showcase their instruct...

NO less than 20 orphans and vulnerable children, OVC, were yesterday at Abakaliki Vistula Centre, presented with cash and other scholarship materials ...

To make Nigeria’s quest for a place among the 20 economies of the world by 2020 feasible, access to information and communication technology at all le...

The Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Bachelor of Nursing Science programmes in the Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja will soon take off ...

Bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) under the leadership of the Primate of all Nigeria, Most Rev. Peter Jasper Akinola, has urged th...

Primary and secondary schools nationwide have resumed for the second term of the 2009/2010 academic session. While private schools commenced academic ...

Ayodeji Asemudara's access to education can best be described as makeshift. His classroom is a shack, covered by rusted zinc and a barricade of thatch...

The turn-out of students was low in Lagos public primary and secondary schools on Monday, the resumption day for the new academic term. The resumption...

A FEW weeks ago at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was a panelist in one such dialogue where I uncharacteristically decided to do mo...

Six-year-old Seki Kofoworola attends Iju Station Nursery and Primary School, the closest public primary school to her home at Obawole community in Ifa...

As part of its efforts to assist the Federal Government in implementing the universal basic education programme, Longman Nigeria Plc and Pearson Found...

THE duo of Peter and Paul Okoye of P-Square also had a nice year in 2009 with the launch of their latest album, Danger. But it seemed that one of thei...

In what could be considered the most significant effort in the education sector in Lagos for 2009, the state government gave out contracts worth N1 bi...

The Federal Government on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss two cases seeking to compel President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to properly...

The United States Agriculture Attaché in Nigeria, Mr. Ali Abdi, has commended the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, for initiating the Agri...

Due to the insufficient fund available to the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti from the Ekiti State Government, the institution has embraced farming ...

The Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof. Joel Babalola, has identified improvement in human development, i...

The Vice-Chancellor, Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State, Prof. Omojo Omaji, has restated the commitment of the institution to the academic transform...

A group, Muslim Public Affairs Centre, Nigeria, has urged all parents, teachers and leaders to make sure that children have a better understanding of ...

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Prof. Dipo Kolawole, has said that no amount of blackmail and threat will stop the reforms ...

The Chief Missioner of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Dr. Moshood Fashola, has said that the Islamic legal system, Sharia cannot be used to adm...

A medical expert with Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Dr, Kayode Ogunleye has decried the high rate of “brain drain,” in most medic...

The Association of Owan People in California, USA has been commended for donating four hundred and eighty six cartons of school chalks to all secondar...

DEERMINED to contribute its quota towards the development of education in Nigeria, the management of Fyben School, on Friday promised to acquire moder...

The average private university in Nigeria is higher in all standards than any of the old state-owned universities in the country, the executive secret...

A university teacher, Professor Hillary Edeoga has called for the establishment of specialized Medicinal Plant Research Institutes in the country to a...

The House of Representatives has asked its committee on education to investigate the mass failure of candidates in the West Africa Examinations Counci...

Children Count Too is a new campaign about the importance of counting infants and young children in the 2010 Census.

HHMI has selected five exceptional individuals to receive the 2010 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. These students will join a dynamic group of 30 Gilliam fellows, who share a passion for science and a commitment to increasing diversity in the sciences

3.9.10 - Peter Wood and Ashley Thorne - Today has been proclaimed a “national day of action to defend education” by a long list of progressive and socialist groups. There’s a sit-in at Syracuse University in New York and a strike, teach-in, and rally at Louisiana State University. At San Francisco State University, protesters formed a picket line this morning and will continue protesting up to tonight’s “massive rally.”

An Agence France-Press report estimates that some 40 percent of the United States believe in creationism, which holds that the Earth was created by God only several thousand years ago. Students are flocking to Liberty University to study this literal interpretation of the Bible, much to the dismay of scientists.

The Poway Unified School District will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a high school math teacher when they ordered him to take down classroom banners that referred to God.

AUSTIN — This is what can happen when you ignore experts, don't fully know your history, and are responsible for approving textbooks for Texas schoolchildren, according to critics worried about the State Board of Education:

Scotland’s largest teaching union has called for school staff to be given greater protection from abusive pupils after a teacher who was sacked by his employers won an out-of-court settlement.

Is there a better way to measure whether high school students learned enough to earn a diploma rather than having them pass Minnesota's current graduation tests?

PROVIDENCE — The city is poised to embark on an unorthodox method of transforming four of its lowest-performing schools, asking the teachers union, long an adversary of management, to help in an overhaul.

What makes an effective teacher? That is the question facing administrators in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers as they go about implementing a performance pay plan that is part of the $40 million grant that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the school district last year.

More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, figures are expected to show.

Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn.

Universities are to be given £10m of National Lottery money to encourage more students to get involved in sport.

Targets for getting young people into higher education should be scrapped and top-up fees raised, say graduate recruiters.

TV documentaries like the Seven Ages of Britain fill in the gaps left by a "less impressive" school curriculum, says David Dimbleby.

Ex-footballer tells how he has overcome cancer

A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.

High-quality childcare helps identify the needs of the most vulnerable children early on, an Ofsted study finds.

School leaders say record numbers of head teachers are losing their jobs because of poor exam results.

Head teachers warn that Tory plans for free schools could lead to a system of 20,000 "corner shop" schools.

Internships for graduates 'may breach wage laws'

Tuition fees for higher education will not be introduced by the present Scottish government, the education secretary says.

Thousands of teachers and lecturers from across Scotland march in Glasgow against cuts to education budgets.

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg asks head teachers to "raise their game" in return for a £2.5bn education funding package.

Schools Secretary Ed Balls has told head teachers in England they need to plan savings now or face staff cuts later.

England's new secondary school qualification is not stretching the brightest pupils, the exams watchdog says.

More schools are failing under new-style checks brought in by England's schools inspectors, it is reported.

Singer tells young to be wise with their cash

The number of men applying for teacher training has risen sharply because of the recession, training officials say.

Nearly one in five children in England leave primary school without making the progress expected of them in English or maths, data shows.

Pay below minimum wage driving foster families to give up

With politicians arguing about creating more choice in schools - figures show there are 793,000 empty places in England.

The cap on university tuition fees in England should be scrapped, the Adam Smith Institute think tank says.

New universities are warning of a "two-tier system" if funding for postgraduate students is limited to a number of elite institutions.

What's it like to be at the centre of a spending cut?

Grandparents in low-income families risk financial hardship by giving up work to help look after grandchildren, a report says.

10 things parents shouldn't say about school places

Boys choose to read less challenging books than girls and this gets more pronounced as they get older, a survey of children's reading habits suggests.

Children are being over-exposed to sexual imagery and tighter media controls are needed, a report for the Home Office says.

The majority of local authorities in England are failing deaf children and their families, research suggests.

Teenage pregnancies in England and Wales have fallen by 4%, statistics show but a target to halve rates is set to be missed.

Children's services at the council criticised over the death of baby Peter Connolly have received an improved Ofsted report.

Conservative leader David Cameron calls for an end to the "inappropriate sexualisation" of children by companies.

Children questioned for the BBC's Newsround programme admit video games and mobile phones are keeping them up at night.

Many fathers do not know their paternity rights, the government says as it starts a new awareness campaign for dads.

Councils will struggle to cope with the financial challenge posed by England's ageing population, a regulator says.

The education watchdog in England is in the final stages of preparing to outsource its early years inspections.

Concerns persist over the way children are held at a deportation centre, a review finds.

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