Tuesday 4th August Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

Here are Tuesday 4th August Top Educational News on Allschool Forum.

1. Redeemer, Unijos, others developing COVID-19 vaccines, herbs – NUC

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has acknowledged that various universities under the Nigerian University System (NUS) are engaged in ongoing activities that will ultimately lead to the development of vaccines to control COVID-19 pandemic.…Read More

2. COVID-19: Imo government postpones resumption of schools for exit classes

The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has directed that all schools in the state should remain shut down pending the fulfillment of all laid down COVID-19 protocols…Read More

3. Resumption: Stay at home, FG tells students with cough, other symptoms

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has asked students with symptoms of COVID-19 to stay at home as resumption of the Senior Secondary School 3 begins this week nationwide. The PTF faulted state governments asking students to produce results of their COVID-19 tests before resumption...Read More

4. Private operators demand reopening of Colleges of Education

The Association of Operators of Private Colleges of Education in Nigeria (AOPCOEN), has appealed to the Federal government to reopen privately owned Colleges of Education for academic activities...Read More

5. Anxiety, joy as schools resume today

Anxiety and joy have gripped stakeholders in the nation’s educational sectors as secondary school students in terminal classes nationwide resume for academic activities, four months after they were shut schools owing to Coronavirus pandemic...Read More

6. Low turnout as SS3 students resume in Lagos

There was a low turnout of students in Lagos schools on Monday even as students in senior secondary school class 3 (SS3) in the state have been asked to resume for academic activities after spending more than four months at home due to COVID-19 pandemic in the country...Read More

7. WASSCE: Edo reopens schools Aug 10

Edo State Government has said graduating pupils would resume effective August 10, a week before the commencement date of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The Federal Ministry of Education had said pupils in exit classes would resume on August 4 about five months after schools were shut due to lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic...Read More

8. Reopening: Private schools have right to charge fees – Minister

The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says that private school owners are entitled to charge fees for the third term as schools start resuming for exit classes...Read More

9. COVID-19: How we’re preparing to reopen universities — NUC

The National Universities Commission, NUC, Tuesday, said preparations were in top gear to reopen the nation’s universities after closure as a result of the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country.…Read More

10. We’re still worried over school reopening – FG  

As graduating pupils and students in primary and secondary schools resume for academic activities today, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, says reopening schools is still a source of concern...Read More