Save Nigeria Education Teachers need motivation, training for high productivity — educationist

Nigeria must take the remunerations, motivation and welfare of teachers seriously in order to reposition Nigerian education according to Hajiya Fatima Abdulrahman, the President of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools.

Nigerian teachers need training and motivation for high productivity, says thePresident of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools(ANCOPSS),Hajiya Fatima Abdulrahman.
In an interview withDaily Trust, Abdulrahman said the main problems of teachers in Nigeria are inadequate training and facilities, poor welfare and lack of motivation.
"The major problems of teachers in the country are lack of training and retraining of teachers, over crowdedness in our classrooms, dilapidated structures and lack of motivation to teachers for high productivity," she said.
"I mean welfare of teachers, remunerations, their moral is very low in the society and to boost the morale of teachers for high productivity, their welfare should be prioritised."
According to the educationist, who has taught for 30 years, "some states teachers’ salaries are not paid for months," a situation that should not occur if teachers must produce their best.
"You have to motivate teachers for high productivity."
She called on the incoming government to take the remunerations, motivation and welfare of teachers seriously to move education forward.
In 2013, Abdulrahman, who is the current Principal ofGSS, Kuje, emerged the first female National President of ANCOPSS, an association that consists of principals of secondary schools and junior secondary schools in Nigeria.

21 youths arrested with 122 condoms at Ibadan all-male party

Could they be gay cultists? Information culled frompulserevealed that Twenty-one youths under the age of twenty five have been arrested for allegedly belonging to a 'gay cult' after police found them at an all-male 'party' with 122 condoms and no female present.
Police in Oyo state have arrested twenty-one youths under the age of twenty five for allegedly belonging to a 'gay cult'.
According to reports, the youths were taken into custody last week after police found them at an all-male 'party' with 122 condoms in their possession.
Police say the youths were holding an initiation into their group at the time of their arrest but have not charged them formally, despite detaining them at an Ibadan police station,The Nationreports.
It was reported that the police, who say they acted on a tip, believed the suspects are gay cultists because they were in possession of such a large number of condoms with no female present.
A unnamed spokesperson ofThe Initiative for Equal Rights(TIER) toldThe Nationthat they got involved in the case after a phone call on May 10.

"At the point of arrest, the young men were physically assaulted and treated in a manner unbecoming of any legal process: they were photographed in their underwear, made to write statements under duress and locked up in an overcrowded cell," the spokesperson said.

The report said a lawyer from theInternational Center for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights(INCRESE) eventually facilitated 'bail' for the suspects.
The alleged gay members reportedly paid various sums for their release and have decided not to seek redress for their treatment over fears that they might be exposed and branded gay publicly.

Veritas University Post UTME, DE Form is Out – 2015/16

Veritas University Post UTME application form for the 2015/2016 academic session is out. Cut-off marks and list of available programmes are also available here..
Authorities of the Veritas University, Abuja (the Catholic University of Nigeria) are inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates that sat for the last UTME/Direct Entry candidates for admission to degree programmes on a full-time basis in the Colleges and Departments of the University for the 2015/2016 Academic Session.
See also: Veritas University School Fees Schedule.
Veritas University Available Programmes.
Veritas University, Abuja offer 19 undergraduate degree programs with full NUC accreditation across several fields of study listed below.
A. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCATION
1.B.A. (Ed) English /Education
2.B.Sc. (Ed) Education/ Economics
3.B. Ed Business Education
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
1.B.Sc. (Ed) Education/Chemistry
2.B .Sc.(Ed) Education/Physics
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
1.B. Ed Educational Management
B. COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES
1.B. A. English and Literary Studies
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1.B.A. History and International Relations
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
1.B.A Philosophy
C. COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
1.B.Sc. Accounting
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
1. B. Sc. Business Administration
2. B. Sc. Marketing & Advertising
3. B. Sc. Entrepreneurship
D. COLLEGE OF NATURAL & APPLIED SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
1. B .Sc. Applied Microbiology
DEPARTMENT OF PURE & APPLIED CHEMISTRY
1.B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry
DEPARTMENT OF PURE & APPLIED PHYSICS
1.B.Sc. Physics with Electronics
E. COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
1.B.Sc. Economics
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & DIPLOMACY
1.B.Sc. Political Science & Diplomacy
2.B.Sc. Public Administration
Veritas University Post UTME Eligibility
Those who made 180 and above in the 2015 UTME .
Veritas University Post UTME Application Procedure.
Get started on your journey to academic and career success! Simply complete our online admission application or call Veritas University today at07088839258, and an admissions representative will gladly help you choose the degree program right for you and begin the college admission process.
Post UTME forms can be downloaded hereor visit any education secretary of any Catholic Diocese nearest to you.
For further information call : 08064758374, 08081655628 or 07088839258 or 08123043223 or send email to admissions@ veritas.edu.ng.

Lagos State NUT criticized the use of Computer-Based Test,

CBT, in secondary schools examinations.
The Lagos State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, says the introduction of the Computer-Based Test, CBT, in secondary schools examinations may not achieve the desired result. The state NUT Chairman, Mr Segun Raheem, made the assertion in Lagos yesterday. Raheem said the situation might be so because most of the students were not adequately prepared for CBT.
He said the students were not prepared due to the non-availability of Information Communication Technology, ICT, facilities and human resources. He noted that computer science which, hitherto, was an optional subject and suddenly made a compulsory subject would leave some students unprepared for CBT. “Computer Science has just been introduced to secondary schools as a compulsory subject which is coming rather late.
“However, only a few Lagos schools have computer science teachers and some schools gave temporary appointment to computer science teachers. “Others got the teachers through the efforts of the Parents’ Forum (PF),” he said. The unionist noted that most of the secondary schools in the state had a desktop or a laptop which they used mostly for administrative work.
He, however, said that only few schools had an ICT laboratory that was fully equipped with internet facilities, noting that “With the present situation, in my own view, I doubt if the use of CBT is result-oriented for students in secondary schools in the state.” “Except if crash programmes on computer studies and practice is introduced in schools, which must allow each student to have a free practice with computer, CBT will not achieve the desired aim. (NAN)

Bayero University, Kano, BUK important notice to graduands of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic session.

Authorities of theBayero University, Kano, BUKhave released some important notice to graduands of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic session as regards collection of academic gown, certificate and some other updates as regards the institution’s forthcoming 31st convocation ceremonies.
BUK graduands are to take note of these:
*.Postgraduate students are to pay the sum of N6,000 only, being cost of hire of Academic Gown, purchase of Order of Proceedings and collection of certificate. While Undergraduate Students are to pay of N4,000 only, being cost of the same items. Diploma students are to pay the sum of N1000, being cost of Order of Proceedings only.
*.All payments are to be made at the cash office and Academic Gowns are to be collected from the Directorate of Examinations, Admissions and Records (DEAR) as from Thursday, 14thMay, 2015, (upon evidence of payment) while the Book of Order of Proceedings will be issued in the Directorate upon return of the Academic Gown.
*.Certificates will be issued at the Registrar’s Office upon evidence of payment of N3,000 (Postgraduate), and N2,000 (Undergraduate), provision of Clearance Form, ID Card, and original statement of Result, on the day the Candidate has convocated.
*.Please ensure that you present yourself for the collection of Certificate on the stipulated date stated above i.e. when students of your Faculty are suppose to graduate, while Saturday, 23rd May, 2015, will be reserved for Postgraduate students only.
*.Please ensure that you go to the Registrar’s Office for the Collection of your Certificate on the stipulated date you are suppose to convocate. Collection of Certificate after Convocation will attract a surcharge of N2,000. Saturday 23 May, 2015, is reserved for Postgraduate students only.