It was an act of hubris, really. When Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan chose to award novelist Chinua Achebe, perhaps Nigeria’s most famous son, one of the country’s top honours, he thought it would be a glowing endorsement of his government. But like most acts of hubris, it backfired – badly.

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Historical Perspective: There were three fundamentally distinct education systems in Nigeria in 1990: the indigenous system, Quranic schools, and formal European-style education institutions. In the rural areas where the majority lived, children learned the skills of farming and other work, as well as the duties of adulthood, from participation in the community. This process was often supplemented by age-based schools in which groups of young boys were instructed in community responsibilities by mature men.

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INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, have confirmed their intention to participate in the upcoming first Nigerian Tertiary Institutions Summit in Abuja between March 15 and 16, 2011.

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Labels make Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie rather uncomfortable, but they also bring out her marvellous sense of humour. "I didn't know I had angst that needed catharsis, but yes of course, as you say, that could be why I write about Nigeria," she said, when someone in the audience asked her if she wrote for "catharsis of angst" about the situation in her country.

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The Federal Government has given a hint that the award of National Certificate of Education (NCE) by the Colleges of Education may be scrapped.

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A teacher training scheme in Nigeria is empowering women and girls living in rural parts of the country through education.

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Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch have some new friends. Meet Zobi, a yam-eating taxi driver, and Kami, a talkative five-year-old living with HIV.

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The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Sarah Sosan, on Friday disclosed that no fewer than 8,000 pupils in both junior and senior secondary schools had benefitted from the 2010 vocational skills acquisition and leadership training programme organised by the state government.

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When she is not teaching University of South Florida students the finer points of forensic anthropology, Erin Kimmerle, assistant professor of anthropology, works some of the world's most notorious crime scenes, looking for evidence that will help identify a newly discovered set of bones.

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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on October 21 approved the establishment of seven new private universities in the country in consideration of the rising population of Nigeria and as part of the present Administration’s desire to improve skills and enhance standard.

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Teachers in Nigeria's public universities have suspended their near four-month strike for two weeks so they could conclude ongoing negotiations with the federal government, their umbrella union said Friday.

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As part of their efforts to encourage the students of primary and secondary schools, the medical students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso co-owned and run by both Oyo and Osun State governments known as LIFE LIGHT REMEDIALS, organised annual seminar and quiz competition for shortlisted primary and secondary schools in Osogbo, capital of Osun State on Saturday 29th of August 2009.

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Lagos State Government yesterday said it had started massive infrastructural projects and diverse programmes aimed at uplifting the standard of 1,663 public schools and making more than one million students in the schools access quality and sound education.

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As the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that the negotiation between the Federal Government and ASUU on the on the strike should continue.

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An appeal has gone to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to work to avoid losing people’s sympathy. Former Minister of Information, Chief Alex Akinyele, made the appeal in Lagos while speaking to Daily Sun on the state of education and the incessant strikes.

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Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu has directed the newly-appointed Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi to arrange the immediate employment of the widow of Mr. Biodun Olukoya, driver to the Principal of the Federal Science Technical College, Ijebu-Imushin, Mrs. Kehinde Okonghae, who died in a car accident, on Sunday, while conveying his boss to Abuja for the placement exercise of successful students into SS 1 in unity colleges, which began yesterday. This was in addition to bearing the full cost of the late Olukoya’s burial.

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We call for immediate signing and implementation of agreements. The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) condemn the Federal government recent decision to call-off negotiations with ASUU as a propaganda stunt done to create the incorrect impression that the Federal government was taking positive steps aimed at speedy resolution of the current imbroglio but for ASUU’s belligerence. We therefore deem it expedient to explain the issues thoroughly to all Nigerian students, parents and poor Nigerians who have been concerned about the turn which events in the education sector has taken.

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Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Tunde Adeniran, has said the on-going restructuring in the commission would be total as no effort would be spared to inject sanity into the agency.

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The strike by teachers in Nigeria's public universities entered day 51 Tuesday and is to continue after negotiations broke down between government and union representatives, the teachers said.

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The lecturers' union of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, which is on strike, has told the Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala to carry out his threat to sack its members.

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