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
By Esenvosa Izah A non-governmental organisation, Springforth Foundation, is advocating integration of skill acquisition into secondary school curriculum. The organisation said the integration would address the growing challenge of youth unemployment. The Founder, Mrs Blessing Agborume, made the advocacy in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Stakeholders in the education sector have, again, criticised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the sudden change of the recently released 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. The stakeholders, who spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, areContinue Reading
By Abbas Bamalli The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has received ₦1.6 trillion for various interventions across tertiary institutions in the country. Chairman of TETFund’s Governing Board and former Katsina State Governor, Alh. Aminu Masari, disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with newsmen in Katsina. He saidContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Temitope Adewale, has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to education, saying his initiatives will achieve 100 per cent literacy by 2031. “By 2031, Nigeria will have achieved full literacy nationwide,” Adewale said during the screening for the distribution of his free GCE formsContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari Yakubu Gowon University, (formally University of Abuja), has advised prospective candidates seeking admission to beware of racketeers as the institution only admits candidates based on merit and transparency. The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Patricia Lar, who said this at the university’s Maiden Hybrid Pre-Admission Sensitisation for 2025/2026 Post-UTMEContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Atiku Abubakar Foundation (AAF) has offered Nafisa Abdullahi, Rukaiya Fema, and Khadija Kalli, all global winners at the recent TeenEagle Global finals, a fully-funded scholarship. Prof. Ahmadu Shehu, Acting Secretary of the foundation, made this known in a statement on Thursday inContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has commended Miss Nafisa Aminu, a 17-year-old student from Yobe State, for her historic triumph as the World’s Best in English Language skills. Aminu emerged the world’s best at the 2025 TeenEagle Global Finals held in London, United Kingdom. She represented Nigeria through theContinue Reading
By Veronica Dariya The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, inaugurated a committee to foresee the process of admissions for under-aged candidates. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed at the sidelines of the inaugural meeting of the committee members in Bwari, FCT. Oloyede said that the committeeContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi As Nigerian schools wind down for the long summer holiday, many parents and students are advocating for skill building and rest over academic summer classes. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, a cross-section of parents and students said the shift is inContinue Reading
