A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s governorship election in Edo State, Gideon Obakhan, has said
By Samuel Eromosele
President Muhammadu Buhari participated in the Global Education Summit on 28th and 29th July in London, United Kingdom. The summit brought together Heads of State and Governments as well as officials and youth leaders to provide a platform for partners to chart a way forward towards transforming education systems through the exchange of best practices.
President Buhari’s attendance at the GPE summit was a step in the right direction. The summit tasked member countries to commit to more than just funding domestic education budgets by placing greater emphasis on improving learning outcomes and employing new techniques and methodologies which have been proven to yield better results for students.
Awkward educational awards
Some best graduating students in Nigerian universities have been rewarded with some bizarre items, ranging from a tuber of yam, trophies, plaques, and as low as N200. A photograph of a best graduating student from the Chukwuemeka Odunegwu Ojhukwu University (COOU) with a tuber of yam and a chicken as rewards for his achievement captures the treatment meted to Nigeria’s future leaders.
There are many reported cases of awards given to best graduating students, including Bamisaye Tosin, who got N200 as the best student of the Department of Civil Engineering in the Ekiti State University (EKSU).
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