Saturday 11th July Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

Saturday 11th July Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

1. FG toying with our future by cancelling WASSCE — Students

With the Federal Government on Wednesday putting on hold the planned resumption of federal schools and stopping pupils from participating in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination previously scheduled to hold between August 4 and September 5, graduating pupils across the country share their thoughts on the postponement..Read More

2. Nigerian Army honours soldier who rescued 27 students from burning vehicle

The Nigerian Army on Saturday honoured a soldier who rescued twenty-seven students from a burning vehicle in Zaria. Private Isa Umar of the Nigeria Army School of Legal Services, Basawa, Zaria, reportedly rescued the students who were trapped in their school bus which caught fire on their way home on February 2018...Read More

3. Proliferation of private varsities ‘ll kill Nigeria’s education sector – ASUU President

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi said the proliferation of Private Universities in Nigeria by the political class has reduced the quality of education in the country...Read More

4. We’re in talks with US over plans to deport foreign students – FG  

The Federal Government says it in talks with relevant authorities over plans by the United States government’s plan to strip Nigerian and other international college students of their US visas and deport them if their courses go entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic...Read More

5. Delta reassures parents on resumption, begins fumigation of schools

The Delta State Government yesterday reassured parents and guardians that primary and secondary schools that were closed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic would be reopened soon...Read More

6. School closure: NPC raises alarm over likely spike in teen pregnancy

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said the continued closure of schools across Nigeria due to the coronavirus pandemic might lead to an increase in teen pregnancy, abortions, and early school dropouts...Read More

7. From UNIBEN best lecturer to Pope adviser: Meet Nigerian appointed into pontifical academy

Pope has appointed Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona, a Nigerian professor, to the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Agbontaen-Eghafona was named as a member of the academy on Friday alongside two others including Mario Draghi, former European Central Bank chief, and Pedro Morandé Court, a professor emeritus at the Pontifical University of Chile...Read More

8. WASSCE: 19 states back FG’s suspension of school resumption

The Commissioners of Education in 19 Northern States have supported the suspension of school reopening amid the pandemic by the Federal Government...Read More

9. WAEC: Nigeria is not at war, allow our children to write WASSCE – Bamgbose tells Buhari

Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has described the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari Government to reverse its earlier announcement on the resumption of schools for exiting students as inimical to the future of education in Nigeria...Read More

10. COVID-19: How safe are schools?

ON Monday, schools in Oyo State opened to children in existing classes to prepare for their examinations. Although the usual school rush was missing, many were moving in groups draped in their school uniforms...Read More

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