The Special Foundation (TSF) has restated its commitment to chart innovative and sustainable approaches for the upliftment of the educational standards for underprivileged children living in low-income communities. The foundation made this known at its annual summit held at the weekend in Lagos. This year’s transforming education summit themed ‘Enhancing Access and Quality Education in […]
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Lagos State has announced the achievement of two outstanding teachers,Peace Sule PhD and Stephanie Akinwoya. These educators, hailing from Akoka Junior High School, Yaba, and Iju Senior Grammar School, Obawole (Education District 1) respectively, have been named among the top 50 finalists in the prestigious Global Teacher Prize 2023. With a pool of nominees representing
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The committee of Vice-Chancellors has presented a report on the challenges, including funding, staff recruitment, university autonomy, among others, encountered by universities in the country to the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman. In a statement signed by the secretary of the committee, Prof Yakubu Ochefu, in Abuja yesterday, the committee, led by the Vice-chancellor,
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The National Universities Commission has approved the Niger State University of Education as the 270th university in the country. The approval letter was formally presented to governor of the state, Mohammed Bago, by the Acting Executive Secretary of the NUC at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja. This was disclosed on Thursday, by the Chief
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The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo has suspended four principals for noncompliance with his Free Education Policy in the State. A statement by the public relations officer of the Ministry of Education, Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, said the suspension of the principals was announced by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh. He said the principals were
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Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has stated that his administration was working assiduously to ensure that every child in the state have access to complete and functional education comparable to any part of the world. He made the disclosure recently during the inauguration of multiple projects at the Delta State University of Science and
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The Non-Academic Staff of Universities is asking for proper funding of Nigerian education to reflect the 25 per cent budgetary provision as recommended by UNESCO. At its 8th quadrennial delegates conference in Ilorin, the union also urged the federal government to put in place measures that protect the rights of people mostly affected by fuel
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The MTN Chief Enterprise Officer, Lynda Saint-Nwafor, says the 5th Generation partnership will open doors to a world of possibilities in education. Saint-Nwafor spoke at the tripartite event hosted by MTN in partnership with Huawei and Baze University on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the partnership came with the
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In a bid to promote academic excellence and foster healthy competition among students, the Hon. Abdullahi Sesan Olowa led administration in Ibeju Lekki has announced an upcoming Inter School Debate and Quiz Competition, open to both Primary and Secondary Schools in the council area. Scheduled to take place over a span of two weeks, the
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The Federal Government says it will set up a formal negotiation team between the National Parent Teachers’ Association and relevant stakeholders to look into fee hikes across board and how to regulate this without decreasing the quality of education. The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu made this known in Abuja at a news
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The Imo State Government has commenced the building of new primary schools in each of the 305 electoral wards in the state, as well as the construction of Laboratories and Libraries in all the secondary schools in the state. The governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma, who disclosed this at the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Alvan Ikoku
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The FCT universal basic education board says it will commence sanctions on parents who deprive their children of their right to basic education. The acting director and executive chairman of the board who disclosed this at a debate competition involving schools in Abuja, says the sanctions will be in accordance with the Universal Basic Education
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Years of disrupted schooling have left Ukrainian children struggling to learn language, math, and reading skills in the wake of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Youngsters within the country and refugees forced to flee abroad are now facing a fourth straight year of disruption, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said,
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The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Southwest Nigeria, has announced the imposition of a dress code on its students by banning any skimpy dress or one that covers faces. The school management said sexually provocative dresses would no longer be allowed in the school. The university which made this known in a statement announcing the
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1. Professor Tahir Mamman was born in 1954 at Michika Adamawa State. 2.He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Ahmadu Bello University in 1983, proceeded to the Nigerian Law School in 1984, and earned his Masters from the University of Warwick. 3. He began lecturing at the University of Maiduguri in the Faculty of
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Kano state Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa has ordered the redeployment of Local Government education officers, qualified to teach to classrooms to augment man power challenges and also correct sentimental posting. A statement by, Balarabe Abdullahi, Director Public Enlightenment in the Ministry, indicated that, “the ministry will redeploy teaching staff posted to the
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The strengthening of the bilateral framework has impacted the very approach towards education positively, shifting from a purely transactional one to a robust collaborative approach, writes Amit Dasgupta. The unprecedented pace at which the depth and intensity in India-Australia relations has escalated, in less than a decade, has been welcomed in both countries because of
Kano State Government is seeking a partnership with the British Council to promote education and further address challenges bedeviling the development of the educational sector in the state. The state Commissioner of Education, Umar Haruna Doguwa stated this on Tuesday while receiving a team from British Council that paid him a working visit in his
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Renowned historian, Prof. Toyin Falola of the University of Texas at Austin, USA, has called for certification of technical skill programmes in universities. Speaking during a visit to the Glorious Vision University, Lagos Campus, Ketu, Falola emphasised that universities should be interested in certification of the informal economy even as they invested in technology, engineering,
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The General Manager, Renewable Energy, Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Mrs. Valerie Agberagba, has reiterated the urgency for a paradigm shift in engineering education to reposition graduates towards developing industry-relevant skills. She noted that the traditional technical skills and old ways of doing things have become ineffective, hence, the need to embrace new norms
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