Most Nigerian youths are desperate to gain admission to foreign universities. But most of them, including their parents, are ignorant of factors to consider before making their choice. They have erroneously believed that money is the determinant factor.

However, an educationist, Mrs. Rose Omonubi, who has been in the UK, recruiting students for foreign universities for 11 years and the Director, Brooke House College, London, Mr. Giles Williams, said applicants should think beyond money when picking a foreign university.

The two, who spoke during an interactive session that the Avi-Cienna International College, Lagos, organized as part of the school‘s open day activities for parents, were unanimous that the ability to pay the huge tuition should be secondary.

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Leaders of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) went underground to effectively coordinate the  nationwide strike which  commenced yesterday to avoid possible arrest by agents of the State Security Service (SSS) but they have commended members of the union and directed them to sustain the strike which paralyzed teaching activities in primary and secondary schools nationwide.

Reports from Kebbi, Plateau, Ogun, Lagos, Bayelsa, Akwa  Ibom, Osun, Benue, Anambra states  indicate total compliance with the strike as students who reported for school were sent back home in compliance with the directive from the national headquarters of the NUT in Abuja.

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Nigeria - Nigeria’s primary and secondary school teachers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has commenced a nationwide strike action intended to force the Federal Government to issue approval circular on the new Teacher’s Salary Structure (TSS).

The declaration of strike by teachers came in the wake of Federal Government’s decision to set up a salary review commission to look into all demands for wage increase within the public service.

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Nigeria - Worried by the high rate of prostitution among students of universities, authorities of higher institutions and religious fellowships across Nigerian campuses have started prayer sessions to fight the scourge.

Besides, some institutions have strengthened their counseling units to cage the vice, while the National Association of Nigerian Students has called on the Federal Government to do something urgent to rid the nation’s campuses of prostitution and social vices.

Also, universities in Ibadan, Ife, Ago-Iwoye and Lagos, campus fellowships including the Christ Apostolic Church Students’ Association, Baptist Students’ Fellowship and fellowships of Pentecostal extraction have, declared war on the scourge. They described it as an “assault unleashed on God’s creatures from the pit of hell.”

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Abuja - The Nigerian Federal Government has terminated the proposed “one laptop per child” scheme initiated by the Obasanjo administration, claiming that it was a conduit to siphon public fund.

The rugged, energy efficient laptops have been designed to be used in remote and environmentally challenging areas. The scheme was aimed at providing affordable laptop computers to school children to promote the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Dr Aja Nwachukwu, the Education Minister, told newsmen  in Abuja that the scheme was discovered to be a “white elephant” project.

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