By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday pledged that his administration would commit more resources to the education sector in the country. He said that this was to ensure that every Nigerian child, regardless of background, has access to quality education. The President made this known when he receivedContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has signed the Students Loans Bill into Law, which was part of his campaigns promises. The law would allow indigent students in tertiary institutions to access a Federal Government loan for the duration of their studies. Mr Dele Alake, a presidential spokesman, disclosed thisContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) office in Nigeria has donated learning materials and planted trees in an effort at promoting climate change action in GSS Lafia South, Nasarawa State. KOICA executed the projects in collaboration with the South Korea International Cooperation Association of Nigeria (SKICAN). MrContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan says the short video of students clad in white and half naked that went viral was not ritual activities as being rumoured. The Registrar of the institution, Mrs Modupe Fawale, made the clarification in a statement in Ibadan on Saturday. TheContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the All Progressives Congress (APC) Government came into office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Malam Adamu Adamu as minister of education with 35 others. Adamu, after completing four years of his first tenure, was reappointed on Aug.Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has enrolled three million girls in secondary schools across the country through the Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) programme. The National Project Coordinator, Mrs Amina Haruna disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at the launch of a National Campaign , taggedContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says over N46.2 billion matching grants is still lying unaccessed in spite of the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Acting Executive Secretary of UBEC, Prof. Bala Zakari, disclosed this during an oversight visit to the commission by theContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde The founder of the British charity, IA-Foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo has urged the Federal Government to establish an agency that would tackle Nigeria’s out-of-school crisis. Adeagbo, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the out-of-school crisis in the West AfricanContinue Reading
By Victor Nwachukwu The Imo Government has set up a monitoring committee to checkmate malpractices, as the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins. Commissioner for Education, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Owerri, on Monday. Nwadike, a former Head, Department of History andContinue Reading
By Nefishetu Yakubu The Edo State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Foluke Oladeinde, on Monday said the scheme had fostered national unity and created balance across multi-ethnic groups in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scheme which came into existence in 1973,Continue Reading
