Here are the news updates as they were published by the dailies on 28thnovember
Vanguard
Kwara govt re-opens College of Education
Kwara Government has ordered the immediate resumption of academic activities at the state College of Education in Ilorin.
This directive is contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Tertiary Education, Monsurat Amuda-Kannike, in Ilorin on Sunday.
To read more visit https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/11/kwara-govt-re-opens-college-of-education/
THE TIDE
FG, UNICEF Sponsor 1.5m Girls’ Education
The Federal Ministry of Education, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom and the United Nations Children’s Fund have partnered to sponsor the education of 1.5 million girls in northern Nigeria.
This three parties implemented the Girls’ Education Programme Phase 3 across Katsina, Kano, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara and Bauchi States between 2012 and 2022, in response to the low levels of participation of girls in schooling.
To read more visit https://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2022/11/28/fg-unicef-sponsor-1-5m-girls-education/
DAILY POST
Akwa Ibom: SUBEB raises alarm over vandalization of infrastructures in public schools
The Akwa Ibom State Universal Basic Education, SUBEB, has condemned the level of infrastructural vandalism in public primary schools in the state.
A board member of SUBEB, Sir John Udoh, who spoke with journalists in Uyo at his office over the weekend, called on members of the communities where the schools are sited to own the properties and avoid theft and destruction of those facilities.
To read more visit https://dailypost.ng/2022/11/27/akwa-ibom-subeb-raises-alarm-over-vandalization-of-infrastructures-in-public-schools/
Legit
Delisting of 50 Schools by WAEC: APC Breathes Fire, Issues Strong Warning to Top Southwest PDP Governor
Reports that the West African School Certificate Examination Board has delisted 50 secondary schools in Oyo state over cases of examination malpractice have been condemned by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Nation reports that the ruling party described the action by the examination body against the southwest state as unacceptable.
To read more visit https://www.legit.ng/education/1506497-delisting-50-schools-by-waec-apc-breathes-fire-issues-strong-warning-top-southwest-pdp-governor/
‘We Need More Girls to Go to School in Nigeria,’ Says 13-Year-Old Abdullahi Buhari
Nigerians have been urged to join in the move to get more girls enrolled in schools across the country.
This call was made by 13-year-old Abdullahi Buhari of Government Day Secondary School Abukur in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina state.
To read more visit https://www.legit.ng/education/1506186-girls-to-school-nigeria-13-year-abdullahi-buhari/
Gov Udom Emmanuel Furnishes 17 Public Schools With Modern Science Laboratories, Equipment
Seventeen schools across the three senatorial districts in Akwa Ibom state have had their laboratories updated.
The remodeling and equipping of the state-of-the-art facilities were facilitated by Governor Udom Emmanuel.
The Guardian
Tests don’t make pupils better at exams, but they do improve their teachers
There is a never-ending argument about whether we test our children too much or too little.
Why can’t we be fluffy like the Nordic countries, with no tests in primary schools? ask some.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/27/tests-dont-make-pupils-better-at-exams-they-do-improve-teachers
Senior Tories demand Sunak ditches ‘mindless’ crackdown on overseas students
Rishi Sunak is facing an immediate backlash over plans for a “mindless crackdown” on overseas students, as three former Tory university ministers warned it would hit attempts to level up the country and hold back Britain’s faltering economy.
Tory discontent is growing on several fronts just weeks into Sunak’s premiership, with rebellions growing this weekend over housebuilding plans and his vow to keep a ban on new onshore windfarms.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/27/senior-tories-demand-sunak-ditches-mindless-crackdown-on-overseas-students
Universities condemned over threat to dock all pay of striking staff
Two universities have threatened striking academics that they will be docked all of their pay “indefinitely” in a move that has been described by a union as “brutalising staff into submission”.
The University and College Union (UCU) claims record numbers of its members, at 150 higher education institutions across the UK, went on strike on Thursday and Friday.
To read visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/27/universities-condemned-over-threat-to-dock-all-pay-of-striking-staff
One in 10 UK teachers forced to do second jobs ‘to keep eating’ amid rising costs
Teachers are being forced to take second jobs, including driving taxis, bar work and private tutoring, in order to pay bills and eat, headteachers and unions warned last week.
The NASUWT teachers’ union has found that one in 10 teachers now have a second or even third job because their teaching pay doesn’t cover their monthly outgoings.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/27/one-in-10-uk-teachers-forced-to-do-second-jobs-to-keep-eating-amid-rising-costs
Treated like a criminal’: Nepali student wrongly detained at UK border loses uni place
An international student who flew to the UK to take up a university scholarship was detained at the border and held in custody for 12 days after being unable to answer detailed questions about his course.
Sulav Khadka said he felt as though he had been “treated like a criminal” by Border Force officers who accused him of being a fake student after he landed at Manchester airport in October.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/26/treated-like-a-criminal-nepali-student-wrongly-detained-at-uk-border-loses-uni-place
State-educated students driving up competition and diversity at Oxford, says outgoing VC
The rising number of state school pupils winning places at Oxford is thanks to their own effort and greater ambition rather than the university’s policies, according to Oxford’s outgoing vice-chancellor, Louise Richardson.
Dismissing claims that Oxbridge is biased against applications from privately educated students, Richardson said more “smart students” are applying from the state sector and creating greater competition – causing those “who might historically have expected to get in” to publicly complain when they miss out.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/26/louise-richardson-oxford-university-state-educted-students-competition-diversity