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Osun govt reinstates suspended teacher
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State government has reinstated a secondary school teacher in the state, Mr. Philip Akinyemi who was suspended for allegedly abusing Governor Gboyega Oyetola. Akinyemi, a teacher at Masifa Community Grammar School in Ejigbo Local Government Area of the state, was in December 2021 suspended indefinitely for posting “abusive” comments and pictures against the governor on Facebook.…
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Supreme Court sets aside hijab ban in Lagos schools
The Supreme Court has set aside, the ban on the use of hijab by female students in public primary and secondary schools by the Lagos State government. The court gave the ruling in a split decision of five to two on Friday. The apex court affirmed the earlier decision of the Lagos Division of Court of Appeal, which nullified a…
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Lagos secondary school students receive e-learning tablets
The 750 pioneer students of the new Comprehensive School Model in Lagos State public secondary schools have received e-Learning Mobile Tablets, courtesy of the government of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to enhance the learning of various vocational skills by beneficiaries in the 12 pilot schools. Emphasising the state government’s investment and commitment to the success of the new fit-for-purpose and…
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LASU gets NUC full accreditation for 31 courses
National Universities Commission, NUC, has approved 31 out of the 37 courses presented to it by the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, for accreditation. The approval represents 96 per cent of the courses offered by the institution that got NUC’s full accreditation status. Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received encomiums for bringing sustainable reforms to the state education…
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Olubadan calls for increase in UI admission quota
By Richard Thomas, Ibadan Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade ll, has called on the Governing Council and the management team of the University of Ibadan (UI) to work towards increasing the admission quota for the undergraduate programmes of the institution. Oba Balogun, who made the call while playing host to the management team, led by the…
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Alumni group renovates OAU hall
Great Ife Alliance, an alumni group of Obafemi Awolowo University has handed over a newly renovated residential block of Mozambique Hall to the Management of the school. The group which comprises of alumni from the 1990s was led by of its members, Chris Adetayo and Kike Fadeyi in handing over the renovated hall. They thanked the school authority for providing…
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Kwara govt reopens Oyun Baptist High School, insists on hijab usage by Muslim students
Kwara State government on Wednesday said Muslim schoolgirls are free to wear hijab in all the public schools in the state. The government stated this as it announced the reopening of Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo on Friday June 3, 2022. This was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs.…
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Students in rural areas perform better than urban counterparts, says Don
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure A lecturer and former Provost, College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Prof. Olu Aderounmi has disclosed that pupils and students in rural areas perform better academically than their counterparts in urban areas. Aderounmi, who was a guest speaker at the scholarship award presentation to indigent students across the three Akure speaking communities at St. James C.A.C Primary…
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School feeding: FG to spend N999m daily on 10 million pupils
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it would spend N999 million daily to feed approximately 10 million pupils in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme across the country. The Team Lead of NHGSFP, Aishatu Digil, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on disbursement modalities for the review of cost of feeding in the programme in Abuja. She said the…
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Adeyemi College of Education to be upgraded to university. 58 years after
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure The Provost, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Dr. Samuel Akinrinola Akintunde has said that the institution is fully set to be transformed into a full-fledged university, 58 years after its establishment. Dr. Akintunde disclose this at the weekend, while speaking on the 58 years anniversary of the foremost College of Education. The college marks it’s 58…
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