By Funmilayo Adeyemi The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) has commenced a two-day training for enumerators on automated data collection tools aimed at tackling challenges of out-of-school children. Speaking at the training in Abuja, the Acting Executive Secretary of NMEC, Dr John Onimisi, said thatContinue Reading

Automation By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Ministry of Education has announced that all admissions into unity colleges are now fully automated and strictly conducted within the approved capacity of each school. This, the ministry, said was to eliminate previous challenges of overstretched facilities. This is contained in a statement made availableContinue Reading

By Ibukun Emiola Nigerian youths have been advised to seize opportunities beyond their academic fields and channel their creativity toward nation-building. The advice was given by Mr Oluwademilade Oluokun, the winner of the 2025 Policy Challenge Competition, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan onContinue Reading

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa.

‎FG imposes 7-year ban on new federal tertiary institutions ‎ ‎Moratorium ‎By Muhyideen Jimoh ‎Abuja, Aug. 13, 2025 (NAN) The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a seven-year moratorium on the establishment of new federal tertiary institutions. ‎ ‎Dr Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education announced the approval, after Wednesday’s FECContinue Reading

  By Abbas Bamalli GOALPrime Organisation Nigeria, an NGO, has enrolled 6,588 out-of-school children into informal learning centres in Musawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. The Country Director of the NGO, Prof. Christopher Chinedumuije, said this during the distribution of learning materials to the children. He said theContinue Reading

By Hilary Akalugwu Prof. Simon Ortuanya, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has advised scholars to exercise caution in their application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Ortuanya said in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Thursday, at the 41st National Conference of Social Studies Educationists Association of Nigeria (SOSAN) that AI, thoughContinue Reading

Digital By Funmilayo Adeyemi No fewer than three million children have benefitted from the multimedia digital education initiative of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Executive Secretary, UBEC, Aisha Garba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the closing ceremony of KOICA EducationContinue Reading