By Patience Yakubu The Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) programme, has commenced the distribution of 170,976 textbooks to 694 public primary schools in six Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The exercise, which was in collaboration with the Kaduna State Ministry of Education and State Basic EducationContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde Stakeholders in the education sector have identified multiple school levies as one of the key factors driving Nigerian children out of school. The stakeholders spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a ground-breaking summit on Nigeria’s out-of-school crisis, hosted by the UKContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana has called on the National Assembly (NASS) to step into Nigeria’s worrisome out-of-school crisis, to save the future of the country. Falana made the appeal in a speech he read at a Summit on Nigeria’s Out-of-School Crisis, hosted by theContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The European Union (EU) has announced the investment of an additional 5.4 million euros in building the capacity of teachers in the Northwest. The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, made this known at the official launch of the 4O million Euro intervention programme on educationContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari The Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja (UniAbuja), Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah, has reiterated the need to train the youth on leadership values to achieve the ‘New Nigeria of our dreams.’ Na’Allah stated this at the third induction ceremony of 140 students from the Abuja Leadership Centre, Tetfund CentreContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Hon. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education has called for salary increment for primary, secondary and university teachers. The chairman said the teachers should earn N250,000, N500,000 and N1 million respectively as monthly renumeration. Fulata was speakingContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Civitas Auxillium Foundation (CAF), an NGO, Wednesday, donated desks with chairs, books and writing materials to six schools inside Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Wasa District in the FCT. The Chief Operations Officer and Founder of CAF, Mrs Elizabeth Duille, said the effort was partContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has solicited an enabling law for private schools to grow the nation through education. Speaking in Abuja at a Dinner/Award night to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Africa International College (AIC) and Africa Community School, GowonContinue Reading
By Aminu Garko The Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology,Wudil, has decried the dissolution of the institution’s governing council by Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. This is contained in a statement issued by theContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed support for a call of a state of emergency in the education sector. Speaking at the National Conference on the Learning Crisis in Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, the Chairman, NGF, Gov. Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman of KwaraContinue Reading
