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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dayo Adesulu The issue generating controversy in many fora is whether the standard of education in Nigeria has fallen or not. Why many are of the opinion that the standard of education has fallen, a very few draw the distinction between standard and quality of education and posited that the standard indeed is not fallen, but the quality. Among those who argue that the standard has not fallen is   a former Attorney General of Kwara State and former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Saka Isau (SAN). Speaking during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Government High School Ilorin, which coincided with the 50th  anniversary of the creation of Kwara State, Isau said: “Honestly I do not agree that the standard of education has dropped.” As an Old Student of Government High School Ilorin, he argued that the standard has not dropped, adding that the problem was with the individual students that are not putting effort like they should’v...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Onozure Dania L agos— Five teenagers from two schools at Lagos Island, Falomo Senior High School and Ireti Grammar School, who allegedly assaulted their fellow classmates (names withheld) sexually and tore their school skirts were, yesterday, arraigned before an Igbosere magistrate’s court, Lagos. The students, docked before Magistrate Partick Adekomaiya, were granted N500,000 bail. He directed that the case file be forwarded to the DPP’s office for advice and adjourned till June 14. The boys, accused of tearing the skirts of the victims valued at N1,150, comprised two 17-year-olds and three 16-year-old. They are facing four-count charge of conspiracy, misdemeanour, unlawful assembly, threat to public peace and “gross indecency by forcing themselves on a female pupil and wilful damage” preferred against them by the police. Though the arraignment was held behind camera, the prosecutor, Mr. Olaitan Soetan, told the court that the defendants and others, who ...