Education

Education law is the portion of the law in a state, country or city that specifically governs educational bodies such as public and private schools and universities. Various education laws cover every aspect of education and school systems. Understanding Education Law Education law deals with the sources of funding that school organizations use to acquire resources, as well as the requirements teachers and other faculty and staff must meet to be certified, trained, hired, retained, and fired. If there are questions about  who can partake of the educational facilities , these are also answered through education law. For example, determining who is considered a resident or a non-resident of a school district or state for purposes of enrollment in an educational facility. Education Law and Discrimination Education law also covers discrimination in the field of education, whether in the hiring process or in the process of educating students. One example of how educat...

10 APRIL 2018 | ABUJA, NIGERIA -   Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from WHO, Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and more than 50 health partners. The commitment is part of the Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) in Africa strategy, which was launched by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, Nigeria’s Minister of Health and partners at a regional meeting in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday (10 April). "The world is facing an increased risk of Yellow fever outbreaks and Africa is particularly vulnerable," said Dr Tedros. "With one injection we can protect a person for life against this dangerous pathogen. This unprecedented commitment by countries will ensure that by 2026 Africa is free of Yellow fever epidemics." During the three-day EYE strategy regional launch meeting representatives from key African countries, WHO, UNIC...

Maternal and child health is one of Nigeria's most critical development challenges USAID Health indicators in Nigeria are some of the worst in Africa. The country has one of the fastest growing populations globally. With 5.5 live births per woman and a population growth rate of 3.2 percent annually, It is estimated to reach 440 million people by 2050. With its rapidly growing population and development challenges, the country drags down the socioeconomic indicators for the entire African continent. To help address its high mortality rates, USAID supports increased access to quality family planning and reproductive health services, immunizations, polio eradication, malaria prevention and maternal health services. We work with the Government of Nigeria to encourage greater budget expenditures for health.  In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, and the U.S. Department of Defense Walter Reed Program, we ass...

As an important element of national security, public health not only functions to provide adequate and timely medical care but also track, monitor, and control disease outbreak. The Nigerian health care had suffered several infectious disease outbreaks year after year. Hence, there is need to tackle the problem. This study aims to review the state of the Nigerian health care system and to provide possible recommendations to the worsening state of health care in the country. To give up-to-date recommendations for the Nigerian health care system, this study also aims at reviewing the dynamics of health care in the United States, Britain, and Europe with regards to methods of medical intelligence/surveillance. Go to: Materials and Methods: Databases were searched for relevant literatures using the following keywords: Nigerian health care, Nigerian health care system, and Nigerian primary health care system. Additional keywords used in the search were as follows: United States ...

Corp members taking the oath of allegiance during their swearing-in ceremony As the issue of backlog of prospective corps members lingers, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is again held up for scrutiny. In this piece, Head, Education Desk, IYABO LAWAL, examines the causes, implications and solutions to backlogs of thousands of Nigerian students held in limbo on NYSC’s waiting-list to serve their fatherland Chinedu Joel graduated two years ago. He was not called up to participate in the National Youth Service Corps’ programme until 2018. He was 27 when he graduated. During the two-year interregnum, he was able to find a job. Therefore, he did not look forward to going to serve his fatherland in the mandatory NYSC programme. His employer too will not want him to go. Joel is fortunate. His situation contrasts with hundreds of prospective corps members who waited at home in vain to be called up for national service. For many of these ones, finding a job while...

Madam Emordi Emodi insisted that what the federal government was parading at the moment as education curriculum can never drive the country towards achieving what it should achieve as a country in the 21st century. The former senator, who represented Anambra North Senatorial District between 2005 and 2010, spoke Sunday at an event planned by Brickhall School to honour Mrs Uchenna Onwamaegbu-Ugwu, founder of Edufun Technik STEM Center, following the winning of the 2018 Technovation World Pitch in California, USA, by the five secondary schoolgirls she mentored in her company. The event was to herald a partnership between Brickhall and Mrs Uchenna Onwamaegbu-Ugwu towards mentoring children and students of the school for the innovation which recorded the feat at the Technovation 2018 World Pitch Summit in Silicon Valley, USA. She advised the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education to look towards designing the curriculum that will be technology-centred unlike what the ...

Ratan was planning his investments when his friend asked him whether he had included a health insurance plan in his portfolio. Ratan hadn’t. He believed that being young (he was in his early 30s), he didn’t require health insurance. When Ratan mentioned why he didn’t buy a health plan, his friend then briefed him on the importance of a health insurance plan. Having heard what his friend said, Ratan realized the error of his beliefs and immediately invested in a health plan for himself and his family. What about you? Do you know the importance of health insurance or are you too caught up in your pre-conceived notions? Read more about  Why you should invest in health insurance early Though the awareness of having a health insurance plan has increased, some of us still do not understand its importance. Which one are you? Kudos to you if you know the importance of health insurance! If you don’t, read on to know what Ratan’s friend had to say about why health insurance should ...

Bet you have heard that the Nigerian economy is explosive right now and many corporations around the world from China to the Middle East and Europe want a piece of the action. As a Legalnaija reader, we hope you are part of this economic revolution and have here prepared a checklist on some of the many relevant laws to pay attention to if you intend doing business in Nigeria. These laws have corresponding agencies who regulate the law and ensure compliance with its rules. The list of laws include; Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) CAP C20), LFN 2004 Companies Income Tax Act, CAP C21, LFN 2004 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, CAP A18, LFN 2004    Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment Act) No. 15, 2007   Customs & Excise Management Act, CAP C45, LFN 2004      Export (Incentives & Miscellaneous Provision) Act, CAP E19, LFN 2004    Federal High Court Act, CAP F12, LFN 2004      Foreign Exchange (Moni...

There are hundreds of laws in Nigeria, and it is almost impossible for the average Nigerian to keep up with all of them and know what every single one says about your rights and duties, so we decided to do the hard work for you! We have therefore created a list of some of the important laws Nigerians should know about. 1. THE CONSTITUTION This is the most important law in the country, it is the law from which all the other laws in Nigeria gain their validity. Therefore, this is one of the laws which you need to be aware of. The importance of this law is probably the reason why you hear people use the expression ‘ that is unconstitutional ’ so much, because if something is unconstitutional, it cannot stand. The constitution also contains all the fundamental human rights of Nigerian citizens. If you want to know more about the Constitution, you can read our article here –  14 Things you should know about the Nigerian Constitution . 2. THE CRIMINAL CODE/PENAL CODE These l...

Technical colleges are easy way to reduce the rate of poverty. Because in technical schools, students are taught on several hand work like, building construction, electrical engineering, welding and fabrication, Auto mechanics, etc.. But because technical colleges,are not been given support from the government,today schooling in technical schools are not fully acceptable by students. But we can reduce the rate of poverty through this means. If 85% of the people in Nigeria has hand work I don't see how poverty will be a lifestyle in Nigeria. Government should pay more attention to technical colleges.. Advantage of technical schools. 1: easy way to reduce the rate of poverty. 2; another way for empowerment to the youths. 3: easy to reduce joblessness in our country. 4: another way of getting self employment for youths. 5: another way to for jobs. Are technical education for secondary levels only.? NO.   Government should create opportunities for advanced(advanced p...

The Deputy Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Lagos Chapter, Adedoyin Adesina has stated that free education should be discouraged. Adesina, who was speaking to a cross section of people on the topic ‘Effective Teaching’, recently in Lagos, said that free education had made students not to be serious and focused with their education. He said parents no longer buy books for their children because they believed education was free and they would wait and expect the government to provide books for their children. According to him “if you give students assignments to do at home, they will not have textbooks to work on. Students themselves don’t buy books. They wait and hope the government provides them the books needed”. According to him, lack of classrooms was another factor that made teaching ineffective, arguing that teachers were not the cause of the problems in the education sector but policies on education. He said the scheme of work being set by the curriculum...