Here are the headlines as they were published in the dailis

Edsurge.com

Catapulting Teachers Into School Leadership Positions Too Soon Comes With a Cost

Too often, teachers are rapidly elevated from the classroom to school leadership positions, whether to fill an unexpected vacancy, act as an interim administrator or to take on a permanent leadership role. But ushering teachers into administrator roles before they are prepared and without adequate support poses risk of burnout — or worse, opens up the possibility of causing harm to themselves or their school community, out of sheer lack of experience.

In my work at The Teaching Well, where I support teachers and administrators in wellness and sustainability, I hear about this issue regularly, and in the decade I spent working in schools, I saw it happen to colleagues frequently. I also understand the problem deeply on a personal level because it happened to me. Read more https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-10-27-catapulting-teachers-into-school-leadership-positions-too-soon-comes-with-a-cost

Punch

UNIABUJA gets 13 new professors

The Governing Council of the University of Abuja, on Thursday, announced the approval of the promotion of 23 academic staff members to the rank of professor and associate professor.

A statement released by the university’s Director of Public Relations, Dr. Habib Yakoob, which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja, noted that a total of 13 staff members out of the 23 were promoted to the rank of professor with the remaining 10 promoted to the rank of associate professor. Read more https://punchng.com/uniabuja-gets-13-new-professors/

Ondo calls for pupils’ participation in legislative discussions

Ondo State Government has called on the stakeholders in the education sector to always organise programmes for secondary school pupils, in a bid to broaden their knowledge in the democratic process.

The government said there was a need for the school children to be acquainted with governance and legislative procedures to enable them to engage in meaningful discussions, especially on issues that bother democratic and legislative procedures as they affect their communities. Read more https://punchng.com/ondo-calls-for-pupils-participation-in-legislative-discussions/?amp

Vitafoam donates classrooms to Borno school

Vitafoam Nigeria Plc has has donated a block of four classrooms and 40 set of desks to 80 pupils of Budum Primary School, Maiduguri Metropolitan Area Council.

The Group Managing Director of the company, Taiwo Adeniyi, on Thursday, said that the gesture to construct new structures for the resuscitation of education across the state was to aid the State Governor, Babagana Zulum. Read more https://punchng.com/vitafoam-donates-classrooms-to-borno-school/?amp

Firm educates community on hand washing

A health hygiene firm, Reckitt Sub-Saharan Africa, has sensitised members of a rural community in Area J4, Omo Forest reserve in Ijebu area of Ogun State on the need for proper hand washing and the techniques that can be adopted for proper hand washing.

Also, a statement by the organisation said as part of its effort to commemorate the Global Handwashing Day, it commissioned a solar-powered borehole for the community. Read more https://punchng.com/firm-educates-community-on-hand-washing/?amp

Educating girl-child impacts society, says bank

Polaris Bank, in partnership with Evolve Charity, has said the girl-child impacts society positively.

A statement by the bank said in support of the ‘Girl-Child Education Project’, Polaris Bank, in partnership with Evolve Charity, a non-profit organisation, presented educational materials to more than 400 students in Ikeja and Surulere areas of Lagos State. Read more https://punchng.com/educating-girl-child-impacts-society-says-bank/?amp

Education will unlock learners’ potential —School

Bridge International Academies has said education will unlock the potential of children regardless of gender.

A statement made available to The PUNCH on Thursday in celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child said that some recent data showed that there had been some improvements in the education of the girl-child in Nigeria, saying there was still a lot more to be done to reach Sustainable Development Goal targets by 2030. Read more https://punchng.com/education-will-unlock-learners-potential-school/?amp

Group proffers solutions to education crisis

The IA-Foundation Out-of-school Children Summit 2023 has said the education crisis in Nigeria requires urgent, collective, and concrete action to surmount.

Speaking at the summit titled, ‘Street to school: A panacea to a menace,’ Founder, AI-Foundation, Ibironke Adeagbo, stated that the crisis was not just about marginalised ‘out of school’ children, but also about children who were in school and not learning, due to lack of resources both at home and at school. Read more https://punchng.com/group-proffers-solutions-to-education-crisis/?amp

NGO canvasses quality education

The World Organisation for Early Childhood Education, Nigeria, has promised to assist disadvantaged and less privileged children have unhindered access to quality education at low or no cost.

The NGO, during its 35th Annual National Conference held at Ikeja, Lagos, titled, ‘Quality and inclusive early childhood and care: Scaling education for sustainable development,’ opined that the key influence to education was the quality of teachers. Read more https://punchng.com/ngo-canvasses-quality-education/?amp

Fee hike: UNILAG students insist FG can fund education

A University of Lagos-based student group, Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, has said that the Federal Government has resources to fund public education.

The students, while addressing a press conference in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, said the FG could fund education if lawmakers at the Senate could discuss plans to purchase Sports Utility Vehicles for its members. Read more https://punchng.com/lawmakers-suvs-fg-can-fund-education-says-unilag-student-group/?amp

Nairametrics.com

University staff rejects government condition for release of withheld salaries

University staff represented by the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) have rejected a condition set by the federal government regarding the release of withheld salaries for its members.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently granted partial relief, allowing staff in tertiary institutions to receive four months’ worth of their salaries, which had been withheld by the government due to its “No Work, No Pay” policy. Read more https://nairametrics.com/2023/10/27/university-staff-rejects-government-condition-for-release-of-withheld-salaries/

Daily post

METRO‘She died in her sleep, I only wanted to get rid of the body’ – UNIPORT student denies killing girlfriend

A 24-year-old student of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Damian Okoligwe, who allegedly killed his 20-year-old girlfriend, Justina Otuene, has denied having a hand in the deceased’s death.

Okoligwe denied the allegation during an interview with journalists at the Command Headquarters of the Rivers State Police Command, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt. Read more https://dailypost.ng/2023/10/27/she-died-in-her-sleep-i-only-wanted-to-get-rid-of-the-body-uniport-student-denies-killing-girlfriend/

News dairy

ASUU donates food items to women at IDP Camps in Kaduna

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has donated food items worth N50 million to 500 women at selected Internally Displaced (IDP) Camps in Kaduna State.

The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke disclosed this on Thursday during the inauguration of the distribution at the IDP Camp located at Giwa Local Government Secretariat in Giwa, Kaduna State. Read more https://newsdiaryonline.com/asuu-donates-food-items-to-women-at-idp-camps-in-kaduna/

Vanguard

European Union study fair not avenue to Japa, EU warns Nigerian students

The European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Samuella Isopi on Thursday warned Nigerians who might want to tap from the available opportunity in the study in Europe fair to steer clear as it is not an avenue for them to Japa.

Isopi gave the warning in Kano while flagging off the first-ever study in Europe fair in Nigeria and West Africa region. Read more https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/european-union-study-fair-not-avenue-to-japa-eu-warns-nigerian-students/

UniAbuja promotes 23 lecturers to professorial rank

The University of Abuja has approved the promotion of 23 academic staff to professorial rank. While 13 of the staff got promoted to the rank of professor, 10 others were elevated to the rank of associate professor.

A statement by the Acting DirectorInformation and University Relations,Dr. Habib Yakoob, said,”The University approved the promotion of the staff at its 80th Regular Meeting of the Appointment and Promotion Committee (A&PC), held on Friday 16th June 2023.” Read more https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/uniabuja-get-23-new-professors/

Naija News

Reactions As Otedola Gifts 750 Varsity Students N1 Million Each

Nigerian billionaire and businessman, Femi Otedola has caused a stir on social media after gifting 1 million naira each to 750 students of Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos State.

The businessman announced the donation on Thursday at the university’s fifth convocation ceremony where he was also inaugurated as the university’s chancellor. Read more https://www.naijanews.com/2023/10/27/reactions-as-otedola-gifts-750-varsity-students-n1-million-each/