AS part of efforts to ensure effective implementation of smart education in Nigeria, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced the training of teachers on instructional design, multimedia content development. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, said there was the need for teachers in the basic education sub-sector to acquire instructional design skills. […]
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), in collaboration with key stakeholders, has commenced the process of developing a “smart” curriculum for Bilingual Education in Nigeria. In a statement in Abuja on Monday, Head, Public Relations and Protocol, UBEC, Mr. David Apeh, disclosed that the Commission recently held a workshop for curriculum adaptation for the Bilingual
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The acting Executive Secretary, UBEC, Professor Bala Zakari, has revealed that the state governors have failed to access the sum of N46.2n earmarked for basic education by the Universal Basic Education Commission. This he made known during the presentation of the Universal Basic Education fund implementation report on Wednesday in Abuja. The grants continue to
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The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has decried the high rate of vices and anti-social behaviours in Nigerian schools, especially at the basic education level. UBEC Executive Secretary, Hamid Bobboyi, attributed the ugly development to the degeneration of moral values overturning Nigerian society. This is according to a report on one of Nigeria’s national dailies,
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UBEC Secretary Appeals to Northern Parents to Allow Girls Finish School Before Marriage The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi has appealed to northern parents to allow their female children complete their secondary education before considering them for marriage. Bobboyi, who stressed the importance of girls’ education to national development of
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The Universal Basic Education Commission has lamented shortage of teachers across the country. While disclosing this in a statement on Sunday January 10, 2021, UBEC Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, stated that Nigeria has a shortage of 277, 537 teachers at basic level. He said the figure followed the 2018 National Personnel Audit report on
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The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has presented different sporting kits to Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board for redistribution to 1,016 public primary schools across the 20 Local Government Education Authorities in Lagos State. Receiving the items on behalf of the State Government at a brief presentation ceremony held within the premises of LASUBEB,
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Not less than 14,729 candidates have written the 2020/2021 Federal Teachers’ Scheme, FTS, examination. The examination, which was conducted for teachers across the country on Monday November 16, 2020, was held in 74 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB-approved centres across the federation. While monitoring the conduct of the examination in Abuja, the Executive Secretary
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Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, in collaboration with Universal Basic Education Commission, has commenced a 5-day capacity development training for 90 Basic Education Quality Assurance Officers on new teaching techniques and classroom evaluation that will enhance learning in the basic education sector. The Executive Chairman, LASUBEB, Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King, disclosed this on Thursday August
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Prof Adamu Usman Emerges as New UBEC Chairman President Muhammad Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof Adamu Kyuka Usman as Chairman of Governing Board of the Universal Basic Education Commission. This was disclosed in a letter dated 15th May 2020 and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Buhari stated that the
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The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has disclosed that Nigerian basic education is short of 277,537 teachers. The commission noted that there was a shortage of 135,319 teachers at the Early Childhood Care Development Education, 139,772 in primary schools and 2,446 in junior secondary schools nationwide. UBEC noted that there were 27.8 million learners enrolled
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The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said on Tuesday 19th November, 2019 that it had introduced school-to-farm programme at basic education level to inculcate practical agricultural skills among learners in primary and junior secondary schools. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, made this known at the opening of a three-day workshop on
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