The ETF and NEPAD Nigeria joint project worth N3.6 billion aims at providing sustainable learning through the appropriate technology platform. The scheme is being flagged off in Kano, Lagos, FCT, Oyo and Enugu states. The Chairman of the ETF, Mrs. Olakurin said that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been identified as one of the key priority focus areas of NEPAD because it is known to aid faster delivery of education to primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. With SchoolNet as partners, the project also aims to support teacher training, institution management processes, examinations and records.  ...

Promasidor Nigeria Limited has introduced the Cowbell Chocolate summer academy to create fun and make the holiday season a fruitful one for the children. Children will be kept busy with various skills acquisition programmes during the holiday. There will also be career talks, etiquette, moral and creative classes, singing, dancing as well as sporting activities. As a brand dedicated to the welfare of children, the academy will serve to prevent children from being exposed to different negative influences, which could be induced by boredom and lack of proper supervision while parents ...

  Professor Olawoye Adegboye, a lecturer at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology while speaking at the third graduation ceremony of Oyeleke Memorial College, Offa, decried the decline in the quality of teachers in most of Nigeria’s public schools. The trend he said, if not addressed, will cramp the growth of education in the country. He attributed the problem in part the hapharzard distribution pattern of teachers. For example, statistics show that in December 2005, Asa Local Government Area required 662 teachers and had 1,064 on ground; while in ...