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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day, the progress in national malaria control is being threatened by the continued rising cost of anti-malaria drugs, which have gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians.

To achieve the global malaria targets 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Malaria Programme has launched a new operational strategy that will change the trajectory of malaria trends.

Chief Executive Officer, Corona Schools Trust Council (CSTC), Mrs Adeyoyin Adesina, has emphasised the need to align education with global standards and family values.

As part of efforts to promote environmental literacy and encourage reading culture among children, the National Library of Nigeria (NLN), in partnership with Zacchaeus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Library (ZODML), has unveiled a ‘green library’ to transform the traditional library experience.

Nigeria’s youth bulge is a demographic powerhouse. But are our secondary schools preparing them to harness it? The current system often graduates students into a frustrating limbo – qualified but lacking the industry-specific skills for the jobs of tomorrow.

About 303 students were recently admitted by Redeemer’s College of Technology and Management (RECTEM) for their Ordinary and Higher National Diploma programmes.

The class of 2024 of Greensprings School’s IB diploma programme has secured over $8.5 million worth of scholarships to study at top-ranked universities across the globe.

A Professor of Social History at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Ezekiel Adeoti, has urged vice-chancellors of public universities to be more prudent in their spending of scarce school resources.

The Chancellor, Southwestern University, Okun Owa, Ogun State, Babatunde Odufuwa, has declared that to be globally relevant, Nigerian students must acquire more skills than certificates.

The Vice-Chancellor, Trinity University (TU), Yaba, Lagos, Prof. Clement Kolawole, has advised new students of the institution to shun cultism, drug abuse and other malpractices that could tarnish the image of the school.

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