BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The wife of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Nigeria Army, Sokoto State, Mrs Florence Mutkut has has advised women to get education and skills as the tools for making them relevant. Mrs Florence, who is also the chairperson of Army Officers...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – An Education Specialist, Smith Bam has identified poor compensation for teachers as one of greatest challenges of low student enrollment in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Bam identified the challenges in a paper on Friday in Abuja at a workshop organiser by Teachers Registration...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has said the government has limited funding capacity for education, hence the need for public-private partnership. Governor Adeleke said this in Osogbo on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to his office by the Old Students Association of Ilesa Grammar School, as part of...
The Kogi Government has paid N115 million for settlement of Joint Administration Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration fees for 15,033 public school students across the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemmy Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday. He said that...
Benue State Government has warned stakeholders in the education sector that it will no longer tolerate mediocrity, half standards, inefficiency, laxity, and non-performance. Director-General (DG), Benue Education Quality Assurance Agency, Mr Terna Francis, said this on Saturday in Makurdi at a meeting with education stakeholders in the state....
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said democracy must be progressive and inclusive with a primary focus on addressing poverty through the provision of job opportunities for youths and quality education for all Nigerian children. Receiving members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC),...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Worried by the fallen standard of education in the state, Bauchi government has put together a two-day summit to re-jig its education sector. The summit has the themed, “Nurturing a Flourishing Future, Improving Access and Quality Education in Bauchi state”, In...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has lamented that corruption and sabotage were majorly responsible for the decay in the state education sector. He said that it was disturbing that despite huge efforts and resources he has put into the sector, nothing much...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) is providing support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s newly formed Organisation, Future Perspectives, partnering to launch the “Innovation to Transform Education Training” (ITET) in Nigeria. Future Perspectives, a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has “ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200bn public funds collected by the government of former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa from the Universal Basic Education Commission [UBEC] fund...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s (TETFund) to assist in transforming the education sector in the state. The governor, who made the call during a visit to TETFund’s Executive Secretary, Arc Sonny Echono, on Friday in Abuja,...
If there is any reason as to why Elder Sheriff Oborevwori led Delta state Government must pay disciplined attention attention to funding education in the state, it is the recent news report that the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State, Chief Ede Dafinone, recently, paid an...
Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi on Friday said his administration would declare state of emergency in the health and education sectors. Dr Monday Uzor, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Nwifuru, made this known in a statement on Friday. According to him, the governor made the remark during a courtesy...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says on Friday that prioritisation of children’s health and education is the key to unlocking Africa’s prosperity. UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate, stated this in Kaduna, at an event organised to commemorate the 2023 International Day of the African Child....
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ikeja Branch, on Friday urged African parents and guardians to desist from child labour. FIDA also called for abolition of street hawking by schoolchildren. The Chairperson of FIDA, Ikeja Branch, Mrs Marian Jones, made the appeal while speaking with pupils of Police...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja pledged that his administration would commit more resources to the education sector to ensure that every Nigerian child, regardless of their background, has access to quality education. Speaking in his office at State House when he received...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – On the invitation of Governor Aminu Masari, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Saturday commissioned a road network and secondary school in Malumfashi, Katsina State. During the visit, Zulum commissioned the 28 km Dayi-Tuge -Wawarkaza road project and Government Day Junior Secondary School, Gora/Yammama...
The UK government on Tuesday announced a package of measures aimed at international students, including a ban on some family members, as ministers come under growing pressure to cut immigration. After a drop during the pandemic, net migration has been steadily on the rise and is reportedly expected to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that the present education backwardness being witnessed in the northern part of the country was caused by people of the area. The minister stated this at the public presentation of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS)...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said he would want to be remembered for transforming public education and a better workforce needed for national development in the state. Obaseki made this known during the Edo State Education Week 2023 with the theme, “Education for Alaghodaro: Investing in quality...