Ministry of Education in Lagos State has called on school administrators to step up their safety measures with the aim of reducing negative incidence.

This is as public and private schools resume today January 4, after the Christmas and New Year holidays.

The Commissioner of Education, Folasade Adefisayo, who made this appeal in a statement made available to local media, said they should devise appropriate strategies to advance teacher/student interaction in order to gain an insight and expose negative tendencies before they metamorphosed into unfortunate situations.

She said school administrators should ensure that exposure of students to danger within the school premises are neutralised.

She directed that they should also identify possible dangers outside the walls of the schools and escalate it to appropriate state safety and enforcement agencies through prescribed channels.

While welcoming students, teachers and school administrators to the beginning of the New Year and second term for the 2021/2022 school session, Adefisayo further directed that adequate monitoring, especially as it affects boarding school students should be enforced to prevent the incidence of bullying and other vices.

The commissioner re-echoed the warning of the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, that bullying, cultism and other vices will not be tolerated in Lagos schools, while appealing to the administrators to increase counseling of students against these vices.

The Governing Council, Osun State University, Osogbo on Monday announced the appointment of Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye as the 4th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University.

In a statement issued on Tuesday morning by the school’s Public Relations Officer, Adesoji Ademola, Chairman of the University’s Governing Council, Yusuf Ali disclosed that Professor Adebooye was appointed after the approval of the school Visitor, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.

The University former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Labo Popoola completed his tenure on November 5, 2021, after which Professor Afeez Bello became the acting Vice-Chancellor, following the litigation against the appointment of a substantive Vice-Chancellor.

While announcing the 4th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University, the Council Chairman, commended the Visitor and Governor of the state for his consistent support which has made the University one of the fastest-growing universities in the country.

Also, thanking the Senate, Management and the entire staff of the University for their sacrifice and selflessness, Ali urged them to maintain peace and cooperate with the new Vice-Chancellor.

Clement Adebooye, Born on December 18, 1966, is a professor of Plant Physiology with academic career spanning over 26 years during which he served UNIOSUN at various times as a member of the Governing Council, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Provost/Dean, Director and Head of Department among others.

At the international level, he had served as Ambassador Scientist for the German Government Humboldt Foundation, Secretary-General of the African-German Network Excellence in Science (AGNES) and Regional Project Coordinator for the Government of Canada Projects in West Africa.

He has been Visiting Professor at many universities in Nigeria, Germany, Canada and provided services for the United Nations. He has utilized nine (9)fully-funded international research fellowships worldwide including the highly prestigious United Nations University Fellowship, Germany and won 25 research grants with over 100 travel grants.

Ministry of Education in Malawi says teacher’s union and government need to engage in social dialogue to set standards, developing policies and devise programmes that promote a decent working environment.

Minister of Education, Agnes NyaLonje said this when she officially opened the 23rd Congress of Teacher’s Union of Malawi (TUM) at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe whose theme was “Join hands in motivating and protecting teachers for quality education”.

She said this could be achieved if a functioning Education system for the country was enhance for the betterment of the teaching profession.

The Minister said there was need to be open and honest with each other about intentions and need to treat each other with respect.

NyaLonje disclosed that the Ministry has been working for some time to develop a Code of Conduct for Teachers.

She added that such a Code of conduct is important as it promotes professional conduct by teachers both in the classroom and more broadly in their role as community leaders in society.

The Minister pointed out that the discipline of teachers in any education system goes a long way towards inculcating a culture of discipline amongst learners.

Secretary General of Teachers’ Union of Malawi, Charles Kumchenga, said for the past two year the education sector has been greatly affected by the pandemic which he said brought a challenge of pupil-teacher ratio where observation of social distancing was being encouraged in all school despite having inadequate classrooms.

Secretary for Education, Chikondano Mussa, assured delegates to the Congress that the Ministry was aware of the issue of delayed promotions of the teachers in the country.

She said Human Resources officers in the Ministry are working with the Department of Human Resource Management to ensure that issues of outstanding promotions among teachers are looked into.