Friday 7th August Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

We present to you Friday 7th August Top Educational News on Allschool Forum. Please don’t forget to share with friends.

1. Meet UNN graduate sent herself to school and still graduated with First Class

Meet UNN graduate who sent herself to school and still was the best graduating student in her department. Esther Nwankwo is a Super Lioness who defied the odds and became the best graduating student of her department after struggling to achieve a university education...Read More

2. Yahoo boys to sweep UNILORIN department, secondary school for three months

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, has convicted and sentenced the duo of Akinola Opeyemi and Owolabi Olajide to three months of community service for internet fraud...Read More

3. More questions than answers on schools reopening

It is argued that the going back and forth of the Ministry of Education shows unpreparedness of the country to face the realities of COVID-19 as schools reopen...Read More

4. North-east commission to offer scholarships to 20,000 indigent students — Chairman

The North-East Development Commission, NEDC, says no fewer than 20,000 indigenes will benefit from the commission’s Education Endowment Trust Fund, NEDC-EEF, in the region...Read More

5. JSS 3 students who registered for BECE exams in Lagos to resume August 10

Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, has directed that all Junior Secondary School, JSS 3, students who registered for the National Examinations Council, NECO Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE to resume from Monday, August 10...Read More

6. NYSC camps may be reopened in next phase of eased COVID-19 lockdown  

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has hinted that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps may be reopened in the next phase of the eased lockdown...Read More

7. SSANU, NASU threaten strike over unresolved issues with FG

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) said they would proceed on strike over unresolved issues with the Federal Government immediately the universities reopen...Read More

8. How FUDMA lecturers, others vacated campus over suspected gunmen imminent attack

Details have emerged on why protesters blocked Katsina – Marabar Kankara road on Thursday following gunmen attacks and how the threats of the hoodlums to storm Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA) host community, Turare, in the early hours of the day, made the varsity staff and others flee for their lives...Read More

9. Ibadan Polytecnic approves outstanding staff promotion at council meeting

The new Governing Council Chairman of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Professor Kunle Akinyemi says the council has approved the outstanding promotions of staff of the institution across boards...Read More

10. Why I chose catering despite my foreign degree – Damaturu chef 

A 24-year-old BSc holder, Aishatu Aje Gwaigwai, narrated how she has resorted to catering business despite her academic qualification. Aishatu, who is also a fashion designer in Damaturu, bagged a BSc in Fashion and Appeal Design from Bangalore University, India...Read More