Education
Nigeria news : TETFund stops conference sponsorship for lecturers over fund diversion
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has actually stopped sponsorship of conference participation for Nigerian speakers. Executive Secretary, Suleiman Bogoro, informed the News Agency...
Students burnt out by pandemic learning push more universities toward longer winter breaks
When McMaster University student Elisa Do learned last week that her school would be delaying the start of classes in January following the...
Nigeria news : BREAKING: VC race: Soldiers, DSS storm UI over selection of VC
Security agents, including soldiers, officers of the Department of State Services, have stormed the Ibadan University. They stormed the University Wednesday afternoon, The...
Pandemic is making life even more perilous for the 420 million children in conflict zones
This column is an opinion by Bill Chambers, the president and CEO of Save the Children in Canada. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please...
‘We need a radical change’: Toronto-area students stage walkout to protest racism
York Region Catholic high school students walked out of classes on Thursday to protest what they say is persistent, often unchecked racism in their schools. The...
The unsaid reason Megyn Kelly withdrew her children from school
On the Nov. 16, 2020, episode of her podcast, The Megyn Kelly Program, Megyn Kelly exposed that she was pulling all 3 of...
Rising COVID-19 cases spark talk of widespread school closures, extending holiday break
The possibility of COVID-19 forcing another widespread school shutdown worries Theresa Morris, as her seven-year-old returned to her Surrey, B.C., school only about a month ago....
Halifax university to cover tuition for former youth in foster care
A new program at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax aims to make it easier for people who’ve grown up in the foster care...
How technology — and a global pandemic — are transforming Remembrance Day
On a grey, windswept spring day three years ago, Ryan Mullens sat next to the grave of a long-dead soldier in the green...
Western provinces report new highs in number of people hospitalized with COVID-19
The latest: BREAKING: Ontario reports record high of 1,426 new COVID-19 cases. Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan set new records for COVID-19 hospitalizations. Manitoba moving to red alert level,...
His father was to be checked hourly at his long-term care home. Instead, he died and wasn’t found for 6 hours
Joshua Matchett said he felt something wasn’t right when he couldn’t reach his father on April 11. He had called half a dozen...
High schoolers, educators worry condensed schedules will bring ‘information overload’
High schoolers After landing her best-ever grade in math last year, high school senior Kamaldeep Dhillon has struggled with the subject this year...
Nigeria news : BREAKING: WAEC extends registration for private WASSCE candidates
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has again extended registration for its 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for private candidates....
Nigeria news : NECO releases new timetable as 2020 SSCE resumes on Monday
The National Examination Council (NECO) has published the new time-table for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The exams were suspended because...
Historic case in the making as Quebec’s religious symbols ban heads to court
Around 9:30 on Monday morning, on the 17th floor of a drab, black and grey building in Montreal, some of the most basic...
Canada’s largest school board to spend $2M in bonuses for principals, vice-principals this school year
Canada’s largest school board has announced that it will spend more than $2 million in extra compensation for its top managerial staff, citing what it...
