14 days ultimatum over unpaid salaries

The Academic Staff Union of the Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State, has again given the state government a 14-day ultimatum over its failure to pay their 48-month salary arrears as at February 10, 2015

In a letter to Governor Ibikunle Amosun dated January 26, 2015, and signed by its Chairman, Dr. Dan Oludipe and the Secretary, Modupe Owolabi-Gabriel, respectively, the union listed among the contending issues the non- payment of their July-December 2010, and February-September 2011 salaries and salary
arrears from July 2009 – June, 2013, all totalling 48 months.

They sent the letter through the Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Mrs. Segun Odubela. The union also demanded that the government should regularise the payment of their salaries and return the
institution to its original permanent site at Ijagun.

According to them, if that is done, TASCE will have access to her Internally Generated Revenue and will be able to assist the government in meeting some of its financial obligations as obtained in other state-owned tertiary institutions.

The union had also demanded that the government should constitute a formidable governing council for the college and the release of the white paper on the existence of the Tai Solarin Institutions (TASCE and Tai
Solarin University of Education), as submitted by the visitation panel.

Besides, the union urged the state government to retrieve all the certificates of the affiliated programme (full-time and part-time) of TASCE, issued out by
TASUED, and return same to TASCE along with huge funds realised from the issuance.

The union leaders said the 14-day ultimatum became necessary following the expiration of a 21-day strike notice given the government last November.

Oludipe, who said the last time they received their salaries was in August 2014, pleaded with the government to come to their aid as the members were
finding it difficult to meet their financial obligations.

The governor in November last year during the strike by the union said his administration did not owe them 48
months salaries, but the immediate past
administration.

He, however, promised to pay as soon as the government was buoyant enough to do so.

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Ondo State Education managers gets Training

The Ondo State Government has commenced the training for education managers as part of the process of enhancing capacity for the implementation of the revised nine-year Basic Education Curriculum in the state.

The review is in response to the current demand of the education system that focuses on the development of human capital to meet the present and future challenges of the society.

Commissioner for Education, Mr. Jide Adejuyigbe, while addressing the participants in Akure, said the need to transform the economy through  sustained educational empowerment of the people informed the decision.

Adejuyigbe said, “The focus of education system all over the world is the development of the human capital required to meet present and future challenges of the society.

“Hence, the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy recognised that Nigeria’s economy could only be transformed and sustained through education that empowers the people.”

He said the training was to position the state to launch education to the next level for quality education delivery and move the sector forward for sustainable development.

According to Adejuyigbe, BEC has the objective of realigning curriculum contents at the primary and junior secondary school levels for continuity.

The curriculum, he added, was to redefine the philosophy of basic education and curriculum contents with a view to addressing emerging issues of values environment, health and technology.

“Viable and credible education system must continuously respond to global and local challenges as well as the peculiarities of individual nations.

“It was on this basis that the National Council on Education directed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council to revise and restructure the nine-year BEC into 10 teachable, functional and practical oriented subjects, to eliminate redundancy without compromising the quality of education received by learners in consonance with the nation’s transformational agenda,” he said.

BRF quiz: and the Winner is...

A 14-year-old pupil of the State Senior High School, Ikeja, Lagos, Habeeb Musa, and 16-year-old, Mariam Lamidi, of the same school have emerged winners of
the Brighter Rewarding Future Quiz.

They defeated Mubarak Mohammed and Qudus Alabi of the Sango Senior Secondary School, Agege by scoring 2 points as against the 10 points scored by their opponents.

In the Junior Secondary School category, Festac Junior College, represented by Michael Abasi-Ifkere and Jimoh Iyanu-Oluwa scored 20 points to emerge winners of the competition.

They beat the pupils of the Government
Junior College, Ketu- Epe represented by Patricia Imarhia and Adetayo Adefarasin.
Community Nursery and Primary School, Ojo represented by Rachael Ayodele and Stella Ogugua emerged winners in the primary schools category beating Chisom Anyigor and Samuel Salami of the Maidan Primary School, Kosofe .

In the Best Individual Mathematics category, Mubarak Mohammed of the Sango Senior Secondary School,
Agege won, beating his schoolmate, Martins Ogundele, and Habeeb Musa of the State Senior High School, Ikeja to the second and third places respectively.

In the Special School category, Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care and Treatment Home, Bariga represented by Jadesola Mogaji and Taiwo Omotosho beat Solomon Omere and Eke Aleshi of the Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria and Adaobi Nwobi and Raiwi Uche of the National Orthopaedic School, Igbobi to the second and third positions respectively.

According to the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, the quiz was to develop the minds of the pupils.

“The competition also aims at creating a healthy rivalry among school children in primary, junior and senior secondary schools in public and private schools across the state and I am happy to report that it has gained ground and become so popular such that the level of awareness among the students and pupil is awesome.”

Oladunjoye also said the competition had brought to the fore areas where teachers need to focus on in the schools’ curricula for improvement and better performance of their pupils.

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NTICF offers assistance to pupils in Lagos

The Nigerian-Turkish International College Foundation has offered educational materials to the pupils of the
St. Peter Anglican Nursery and Primary School, Ikeja, Lagos.

According to the NTICF, the gesture is to reduce the hardship faced by many parents in educating their children.

The pupils received stationery packages comprising exercise books, Mathematical sets and pencils among other items.

The Director-General, NTICF, Mr. Fettulah Celik, who presented the items to the pupils, noted that the foundation had earlier presented more than 10,000 similar gifts to other schools in 15 states.
Represented by the Principal Nigerian Turkish International Colleges, Mr. Yunus Dogan, Celik added that the gesture was to “relieve the challenges in education, poverty, psychological and physical advantage.

He further noted, “Our mission is to contribute for a more comfortable and peaceful Nigeria while fighting against poverty.”

The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, lauded the NTICF for the initiative. Oladunjoye, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Omolara Erogbogbo, urged the foundation to do more to collaborate with the state government.

“This is not the first time your foundation will partner with us but this is the icing on the cake. We are after improved performance in the education sector. This is the foundation of the sector and if we lay the foundation well, the structure will stand the test of time.

But like Oliver Twist, we want more of these intervention,’’ she said. The headmistress, Mrs. Comfort Tuoyo, applauded the foundation for the gifts to the pupils of the school. She said, “There are over 1,000 public primary schools
in Lagos and we are blessed to be the beneficiaries of this programme.

We appreciate you for this gesture and
I am sure it will remain unforgettable and indelible in the hearts of these future leaders.

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Multimedia boards are coming into Lagos Classrooms

The Lagos state Government has concluded plans to acquire 2,000 multimedia interactive solutions for all secondary school and Tertiary Institutions in the state to replace the traditional chalkboards.
The state will also host the first Cambridge-Hitachi Virtual Teaching and Learning Center in Nigeria. The state Governor, Babatunde Fashola stated that the government would be partnering with Cambridge-Hitachi to make the dream a reality.

A statement on Tuesday by the Director, Local Organising Committee Cambridge-Hitachi Virtual Teaching and Learning, Ms. Adebukola Oluderu, quoted  Fashola as saying the move was to upgrade the educational sector in the state.

Fashola said, "All tertiary institutions and secondary schools, totaling about 10,000 in Lagos state, will have the multimedia interactive solutions in each of their classrooms to replace the traditional chalkboards which will allow for world-class teaching and learning."

Oluderu said the state's partnership with the company was a result of a roundtable meeting on education in Africa held in October 2014.
According to Oluderu, the decision of the state government was indicated in a bid forwarded to the Hitachi Group for tertiary and the secondary schools in the state. She added that the meeting was yielding result with the Lagos state Government pioneering the hosting of the center.

Oluderu said a team of delegates from the state would meet with the Cambridge-Hitachi team at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the commencement of the center.

The multimedia solution is vital and important to teaching and learning as it is the hub in which the gains of the Cambridge-Hitachi International Virtual Teaching and learning Center will be transferred and transmitted to all schools," she added.

The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, said the approval given to Lagos State to host the center was based on Outstanding  performance, availability of infrastructure, and the determination of the state government to improve teaching and learning quality in the educational sector.