Heirs Energies Ltd. has partnered with the World Literacy Foundation (WLF) to launch a solar-powered literacy initiative in Rivers State. The project, unveiled to mark World Literacy Day, will provide over 500 pupils at Central State Primary School, Omuohia-Igwuruta, and Umuebulu Primary School, Umuebulu, with Sun Books tablets preloaded with curriculum-based content. Solar panels will
The recent decision by some Southwest states to curb extravagant graduation ceremonies in elementary schools has generated mixed reactions from parents, school owners, and education stakeholders. In Ondo, the chairman of the State House Committee on Education, Science and Technology, Kolawole Ologede, described the move as timely, arguing that such events exploit parents financially. “All
No fewer than 175 applicants under the Ogunteach internship programme have been screened by the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), as part of efforts to fill teaching vacancies in public primary schools, particularly in rural areas across the state. The candidates who scored 40 and above in the qualifying examination were invited to
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), created to help infrastructural development in Nigeria’s higher institutions, is facing criticism over prolonged project delays that have left students and lecturers frustrated nationwide. At the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), projects approved as far back as 2013, 2015, and 2018 are only being completed in 2025. Lecture
The Director of the University of Ilorin’s Directorate of Computer-Based Test (CBT), Prof. Kamilu Rauf, has described this year’s Post-UTME screening exercise as a huge success, attributing it to the institution’s robust infrastructure and the orderly conduct of the candidates. Speaking in an interview, Rauf said the university remains “far ahead of other institutions” in
Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), has claimed that the school’s library stands shoulder to shoulder with leading libraries across the world. Egbewole stated this recently, when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Army Institute of Science Education and Technology (NAISET), who visited him after concluding weeks
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has awarded ₦2 million research support grant to the University of Ilorin Electric Vehicle (EV) Bus Competition Team in recognition of its outstanding performance during the Maiden 8-Seater Electric Vehicle (EV) Campus Shuttle Bus Development Competition. In a notification letter to the Vice Chancellor, Prof Wahab Olasupo
Prof Salihu Moyosore Ajao, a lecturer with the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) and the institution’s immediate past chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has been appointed the pioneer Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete. The appointment was contained in a letter sent to him by the Registrar
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof Moji Taibat Bakare-Odunola, has advised all candidates who took part in the school’s POST-UTME exercise to regularly check the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)’s Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) for updates on their admission status. Bakare-Odunola gave the advice recently, after the
A leading Ghanaian educationist has linked recent examination malpractice scandals to what he described as a wider collapse of values in society. Professor Emeritus Stephen Adei of Ashesi University told Joy FM that collusion between candidates, invigilators and Ghana Education Service (GES) officials was “a symptom of schooling without learning” and a reflection of moral
