Here are the headlines as they were published in the dailies.
Newsnow.com
Cashless policy: CBN takes E-Naira to Kano varsity for payment of tuition, others
In its bid to raise awareness and invite more subscribers to the E-Naira policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Kano has taken its mobilization to the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUST), Wudil, Kano State.
Delivering an address at the office of the Vice Chancellor, Alhaji Musa Tukur Yakasai, on Tuesday, the Kano Branch Controller of the CBN, Umar Ibrahim Biu called on the university community to adopt the new E-wallet system in its payments of tuition, salaries and other transactions.
He explained the need for the university community to migrate to the cashless system for financial security and efficiency using the E-Naira initiative.
Nigerian parents pay school fees with recyclable waste
Nigerian fourth-grader Fawas Adeosun often used to get sent home from school through the gritty streets of Lagos because his mother, Fatimoh, had not paid his fees, until he enrolled in a different school offering a novel solution.
My Dream Stead school, in the sprawling, impoverished Ajegunle neighbourhood where the Adeosuns live, is one of 40 low-cost schools in Nigeria’s commercial capital that accept recyclable waste as payment.
Experts advocate e-learning for special needs students
Experts in the field of special education in Nigeria have canvassed for the inclusion and adoption of e-learning in the teaching and learning of special education in the country.
The experts who spoke at the opening ceremony of the 34th National Conference of the Nigeria Association of Special Education Teachers emphasised the need for leveraging technology in teaching students with special needs.
Read more: https://punchng.com/experts-advocate-e-learning-for-special-needs-students/
Mc Oluomo Celebrates Son As He Graduates From American University With 4.0 GPA
Lagos State Parks and Garages chairman, Musiliu Akisanya better known as MC Oluomo has celebrated his son, Ololade Abdulai for bagging a double major from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.
Sharing a photo the latest graduate, MC Oluomo stated that his son’s exceptional dedication was recognized and awarded by both the Engineering and Business departments.
Nigerian parents pay school bills with recyclable waste
LAGOS, June 7 (Reuters) – Nigerian fourth-grader Fawas Adeosun often used to get sent home from school through the gritty streets of Lagos because his mother, Fatimoh, had not paid his fees, until he enrolled in a different school offering a novel solution.
My Dream Stead school, in the sprawling, impoverished Ajegunle neighbourhood where the Adeosuns live, is one of 40 low-cost schools in Nigeria’s commercial capital that accept recyclable waste as payment.
The Nation
Winners of Africa’s Spelling Bee to get N10m, overseas excursion
he National Coordinator of Spelling Bee Africa Organization, Queeneth Owolabi, has said the winners of the forthcoming spelling bee competition will be awarded N10 million.
Owolabi, in a chat with journalists, during a working visit to Ado Ekiti announced that 31 States would be participating in the programme across the 36 States of the Federation.
Read more: https://thenationonlineng.net/winners-of-africas-spelling-bee-to-get-n10m-overseas-excursion/
Guardian
London school drops ‘Sir’ and ‘Miss’ honorifics to fight cultural misogyny
Principal of high-performing sixth form said two forms are ‘deeply unequal’ and diminish womenTeachers at a leading sixth form will no longer answer to “Sir” and “Miss”, because they’re “deeply unequal” and feed into a view of the world that diminishes women, the school’s executive principal has told students.
While “Sir” brings to mind the heroics of Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad, “Miss” is how you refer to “a small girl, or an Edwardian shop assistant”, James Handscombe told school assembly at Harris Westminster Sixth Form in central London.
Children’s attention span ‘shorter than ever’ since Covid crisis, say teachers in England
Poll of primary teachers finds pupils more likely to complain about being bored and provoke others in class
Most primary schoolteachers think children’s attention spans are getting shorter and classroom behaviour has deteriorated since before the Covid pandemic, a survey has found.
More than two in three (70%) teachers questioned said pupils’ behaviour in class had declined. Children were more likely to move around the room, complain about being bored and annoy or provoke others in the classroom, the poll showed.
MPs call for action on pandemic-widened gap between England’s poor and rich pupils
Public accounts committee warns that without more intervention, attainment gap could take decade to return to pre-Covid levels
It could take a decade for the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their wealthier peers to return to pre-pandemic levels in England without faster and more effective intervention, MPs have warned.
The estimate was made during evidence given to parliament’s influential public accounts committee (PAC) as part of its inquiry into education recovery after the disruption of Covid.