Tuesday 7th July Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

Tuesday 7th July Top Educational News on Allschool Forum. We want you to be updated.

1. Senate proposes 14-year jail term for lecturers who grab, hug, kiss students

The Senate has passed the bill against sexual harassment in tertiary institutions. It is titled, “A Bill for an Act to prevent, prohibit and redress sexual harassment of students in tertiary educational institutions and for matters concerned therewith, 2019.”…Read More

2. WAEC appeals for PPE ahead of WASSCE Exam period reduced by four weeks

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appealed to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, State Governments and corporate organisations for funds to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for manpower that would conduct the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) starting August 4...Read More

3. COVID-19: How to reopen schools, not when

We are at an absolutely crucial moment on the discussion of reopening schools. This shebang would put to test our clear understanding and assessment of the issues that may likely be after such (reopening) action...Read More

4. UI Ranking And The Search For Merit-based VC  

University of Ibadan, the Premier University has againe emergeda the best in the country and in the top 20 in Africa. Indices of global University ranking could be contested but it no doubt reveals gaps in our investment in education and why our country is what it is today.…Read More

5. Fed Govt asks states to open schools as WASSCE begins August 4

THE Federal Government on Monday  advised state governments to reopen their  schools to enable primary 6, Junior Secondary School 3 and Senior Secondary School 3 pupils  prepare for their exit examinations...Read More

6. Law School denies paying N32m to cleaner

The Council of Legal Education (Law School), has described as misleading, the report that the school approved the payment of N32 million to an unnamed cleaner over a period of 12 months...Read More

7. FUOYE Plans to Introduce Dual-Mode System of Learning

The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, said on Saturday that the institution was planning to change into a dual-mode to combine existing conventional academic programmes with Distance Learning Programme...Read More

8. My successor will not face same financial challenges – LASU VC

The Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU,  Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, has vowed to leave the university better than he met it four years ago. Fagbohun is the eighth substantive VC of the university,  and his five-year tenure will lapse in January, 2021...Read More

9. COVID-19: Reactions Trail Reopening Of Schools In Kaduna

Mixed reactions from Kaduna residents have trailed the reopening of schools as some say the move is timely while others express pessimism over the development...Read More

10. Kenya Rules Out Reopening Of Schools This Year

Schools in Kenya will reopen in January and not September as planned earlier, with the number of the coronavirus infections in the country continuing to climb...Read More

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