Randy lecturers sacked.

Five senior lecturers and seven other workers at the Auchi Polytechnic have been sacked for offences bordering on sexual harassment and extortion of female students in the school.

Fifteen other lecturers and one instructor were also demoted in relation to the same offences.

British Council to train 500,000 teachers to be employed by FG

The British Council has offered to assist Nigeria in training the 500,000 teachers to be employed by the federal government. The Chief Executive of the Council, Claran Devane, announced yesterday this during a dinner organised in his honour in Abuja. He said the training would be centred on technical support and building the capacity of the teachers from their

School girls in Sierra Leone forced to undergo pregnancy test - Amnesty International

Girls have had their breasts and stomachs felt by teachers and nurses in front of their peers and been forced to take urine tests, which has discouraged many girls from going to school, whether they are pregnant or not, according to the rights group.