Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has hosted a dinner banquet for the 137 schoolchildren from Kuriga who were recently released from captivity. The children had endured a harrowing two-week ordeal in the hands of bandits before being freed and entrusted to the care of the Kaduna State Government. Governor Sani conveyed his involvement in […]
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The House of Representatives has condemned the recent abduction of citizens, particularly the school abductions of pupils in Sokoto and Kaduna states. Edugist reported that gunmen abducted scores of schoolchildren in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Wednesday. Sokoto, Kaduna school abductions, attack on right to education -Reps Two days later, bandits
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No fewer than 10 students of Government Secondary School, Kaduna have been kidnapped in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said it received preliminary reports from security agencies on the kidnapping. Aruwan said that according to the
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The Founder/Pro Chancellor of Greenfield University, Kaduna, Simon Nwakacha, has awarded scholarship for secondary education at Imperial school in Kaduna, to two best graduating pupils of Makarfi Central Primary School. He disclosed this to journalists in a statement he signed and issued on Monday in Kaduna. He said that the gesture was part of his
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The Kaduna State government in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), on Wednesday, flagged-off cash disbursements to the Almajiri children under the “Children Street Programme”. Under the programme, 2,674 Almajiri who have been reunited with their families will receive N5,000 cash transfers to enroll in school or learn some skills. The
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The Kaduna government has declared as “invalid”, a recent circular by its ministry of education on payment of school fees by students of senior secondary schools. Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, announced the development in a statement issued on Tuesday November 8, 2022. A circular recently issued by the
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The Kaduna State government on Tuesday announced the reintroduction of school fees in senior secondary schools across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, made this known in a letter to the principals of secondary schools in Kaduna. Ms Lawal said the reintroduction of the fees at the senior secondary school level was due
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The Governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, has terminated the appointment of all the education secretaries in the 23 local government areas of the state. The governor also terminated the appointment of Hussaini Jallo as general manager of Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA). In a statement signed by the special adviser to the governor on
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The Kaduna State government has ordered the closure of schools across the state. While disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday December 15, 2020, the state Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Makarfi, stated that the move was due to the upsurge of the COVID-19 in the state. According to the statement, all schools in the
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Kaduna State Government has revealed plans to establish 80 new secondary schools as part of efforts to promote girl child access to education. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Makarfi on Saturday while responding to questions during a virtual Kaduna State 2021 Draft Budget Townhall Meeting, with the theme,
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A young man, Tosin Adesuyi, has organised free classes for kids in Kaduna State. Adesuyi, who disclosed this, including pictures of his students on his Twitter page on Friday June 19, 2020, stated that the teaching started under a tree and was later moved to an uncompleted building. “I teach over 400 kids in a
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In a bid to effectively monitor and regulate the state education sector, Kaduna State Quality Assurance Authority has disclosed the move to close down over 2,000 unregistered private primary and secondary schools operating illegally in the state. The Director General of the authority, Umma Ahmad, who disclosed this in Kaduna on Monday, explained that only
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