How much our public schools are not yet primed for the production of the geniuses and patriots of the future is often borne out by the insalubrious developments in them that have become their regular features. This is not a blight that is peculiar to the public tertiary educational institutions. Their sad fate roils the…

Public schools – particularly primary and secondary are in a shambles in terms of infrastructure, teaching and learning. With ever-dwindling financial resources committed to these educational centres, the future of Nigerian children will remain bleak. However, thanks to alumni associations in the country, the schoolchildren ‘s tomorrow can be bright, writes Head, Education Desk, Iyabo…

Recurrent controversy and litigation over use of hijab in place of school uniforms has become part of needless issues in our quest for nation building. There should be elite consensus on the issue as soon as possible. While the nation is still smarting from the University of Ibadan International School’s crisis on the same issue,…

Touch-A-Life (TAL) is an 18-year non-profit making organization founded by Dr. Bose Durojaiye. The group, which has been assisting indigent students and the less- privileged by transforming lives and communities, recently, held its public speaking and mathematics/science competition, at Ikeja Grammar School, Bolade Oshodi., where over 40 government secondary schools from six districts were in…

Public and private schools in Kaduna State are set to participate in the maiden Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) 2018 Secondary Schools Indoor Championship aimed at discovering talented athletes for the State. Speaking on the championship yesterday, Chairman of the Organising Committee, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson and Secretary, Abdulwaheed Adubi said the participants would…

Provided that a formal stay of execution of the judgment of the Appellate Court has been obtained, the Lagos State Government’s decision to maintain its ban of hijabs in its public schools is remarkable and it will serve public good. While reassuring the public the other day of the state’s commitment to the rule of…

Wife of the Lagos State governor and founder, Hope for Women in Nigeria Initiative (HOFOWEM), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, yesterday, kicked off the distribution of 50,000 shoes and branded socks to primary one pupils of public schools across the state.    Mrs. Ambode began the distribution at the Cherubim and Seraphim Primary School, Lagos Road, Majidun in…

Some urgent steps are necessary if things are ever going to work in our public schools. As things stand now, if the truth must be told, public schools are no more than training ground for thugs and touts as evidenced in the complete noisy arena that most public schools remain, coupled with general poor aptitude....

Irrespective of our various ethnic nationalities, we are all one Nigeria and will remain one forever. Security situation in Nigeria is not really bad, but we need to improve on it.

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