EDUCATION

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – Governing Council of the University of Ibadan has approved the appointment of Professor Adebola Ekanola as the Acting Vice–Chancellor, University of Ibadan at its meeting on Monday, November 30, 2020 on the recommendation of the Senate. The Council meeting was presided over by the Pro-Chancellor …

By Raymomd Osho ABEOKUTA – Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Prof. Adewale Musa-Olomu on Saturday, November 21, 2020 decried inadequate medical personnel in the country’s health sector. To end this deficiency, Olomu advocated for the funding of medical schools by making provision for more teaching …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – The Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Friday, November 20, 2020 described the settlement of decade-long ownership tussle of the jointly owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso as a landmark achievement of the Seyi Makinde-led administration in the Pacesetter …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, (OyoSUBEB) has taken delivery of instructional/learning materials, students edition textbooks for the global SDG, ICT Materials and sporting facilities for public schools donated by Sustainable Development Goals. Speaking during the presentation on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at the Board’s …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr.  Nureni Adeniran has been chosen as the chairman of the South-West State Universal Basic Education Board (South-West SUBEB) while his counterpart from Ekiti SUBEB, Prof. Femi Akinwunmi emerged as the Secretary. The Forum, comprising of all …

BY SEYIFUNMI ODUNUGA IBADAN – The National Youth Services Corps (NYSC), Oyo State has sworn-in 699 prospective corps members, comprising of 411 females and 288 males who registered for the 2020 Batch “B” (Stream 1A) Orientation Course. Oyo NYSC also urged the new corp members on selfless service to be …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga. IBADAN – The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has commissioned 2 block of 6 classrooms and teachers’ quarters at All Saints Primary School, Araromi-Aperin, Akanran, Ibadan. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com by Michael Ogunsina, …

ABEOKUTA – Worried by the high level of cultism in primary, secondary and Tertiary institution across the country, The Ogun State Government has promised to fight the menace and make all the schools, including tertiary Institutions a peaceful place of learning for the students. The Special Adviser to the Governor …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government, in collaboration with Orange Card is planning to host maiden edition of Teachers Fest in the state, in order to inculcate and impact Information, Communication Technology (ICT ) on wards at earlier stage. It will also contain the training of teachers on Information Communication …

Opinion: The rabbit hole of uncertainty, confusion and fear that pupils and their parents fell into in the dying days of March when the country was in lockdown was best captured in a Saturday Sun feature of May 16, titled, “COVID-19: Troubles of e-Learning.” The story catalogues the challenges that …