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 federal government has reiterated that the world has moved beyond days of white-collar jobs as it urged parents and guardians to encourage their children and wards to embrace technical education. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo said this yesterday, after monitoring the ongoing National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), in Abuja,
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A bright and accomplished young graduate, Michael Kibet, 26, from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, tragically ended his life due to the overwhelming frustration of unemployment. The incident occurred at his brother’s residence, where Kibet had been desperately seeking employment opportunities after completing his studies in 2021. The untimely death has left
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Federal Government has unveiled a free-food initiative for all primary school children nationwide by 2030. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, disclosed this in Abuja, at the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme Policy Stakeholder Validation workshop. The Minister who was represented by the National Coordinator, National Social Investment
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has unveiled a plan to increase the monthly allowances of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members across the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare. The minister stated that there is an improved proposal for the increment of their allowance before President
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The Federal Government has extended tertiary institution students holiday. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this on Thursday March 9, 2023. According to the minister, the decision was as a result of the postponement of governorship and House of Assembly elections by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Adamu maintained that schools will remain closed
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The Federal Government has extended tertiary institution students holiday. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this on Thursday March 9, 2023. According to the minister, the decision was as a result of the postponement of governorship and House of Assembly elections by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Adamu maintained that schools will remain closed
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The Federal Government has extended tertiary institution students holiday. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this on Thursday March 9, 2023. According to the minister, the decision was as a result of the postponement of governorship and House of Assembly elections by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Adamu maintained that schools will remain closed
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The Federal Government has extended tertiary institution students holiday. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this on Thursday March 9, 2023. According to the minister, the decision was as a result of the postponement of governorship and House of Assembly elections by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Adamu maintained that schools will remain closed
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The Federal Government has condemned the rising cases of examination malpractices in educational institutions in Nigeria despite concerted efforts to tackle the menace. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, noted that examination malpractices were still endemic in the nation’s educational system. The minister stated this while speaking in Abuja on the efforts of the Federal
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The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnics and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. The National Board for Technical Education conveyed the government’s decision to heads of the affected institutions in a circular marked TEB/PRO/E/12/Vol.11/132 dated December 1, 2022. Ngbede, in the circular, expressed the Federal Ministry of Education’s dismay at the increasing number
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The federal government has told parents and guardians not to underrate private tertiary institutions in the country, saying private education institutions have helped government open doors for more citizens to acquire quality education. The government also tasked parents to embibe technology education by encouraging their wards to embrace the study,saying it was the bedrock of
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The federal government has formally announced the reintroduction of history as a stand alone subject in the basic education curriculum in Nigeria, 13 years after its abolition. The inauguration ceremony of the reintroduction of teaching of history and training of history teachers at basic education level was performed by education minister Adamu Adamu on Thursday
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Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has debunked plans to casualise lecturers in the university system, under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Justifying the pro rata salary payment to the academic staff, Adamu said they were simply paid for the number of days they worked, particularly from the day they suspended their
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The Federal Government has said that the goals of the Nigerian education system is to build a free and democratic society; a just and egalitarian society, a united, strong and self-reliant nation as well as a great and dynamic economy. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who stated this in Abuja, noted that the
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The Federal Government has commenced payment of the 8-month salary backlog to some lecturers who are members of Congress of University Academics (CONUA), the breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to a report, this development is coming as members of National Executive Council of ASUU have concluded arrangements to hold
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The Federal Government has ordered the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to remove Sex Education from the Basic Education Curriculum. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who gave the directive on Thursday in Abuja, also admitted that he has failed Nigerian over his inability to eradicate the menace of out-of-school children in the
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The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said that there was no agreement to reopen schools on Jan 18 for the second academic term. While disclosing this on Tuesday January 19, 2021, the minister stated that the Federal Government had reservations about the resumption of schools on January 18. He said while the states wanted
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NAPPS Urges FG to Keep Schools Open Private School owners under the aegis of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have called on the government to keep schools open. They have said that the consequences of shutting them down are more grievous than the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic the government is
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The Federal Government has approved January 18, 2021 for schools to resume. The consensus was reached at a meeting between the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and Commissioners of Education in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono, confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday January, 2021. The decision
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