Kwara State has been rated first among its equals in the north-central states based on the approach is adopted for the ongoing school infrastructural development, said the National APC Media on Thursday.

THE Department of English, University of Lagos and the JP Clark family will hold the first JP Clark memorial from Monday, October 11-13, 2021. This 3-day event tagged ‘The First JP Clark Memorial’ in honour of the late poet and dramatist. The memorial will host Clark’s friend and literary soulmate Prof. Wole Soyinka who will […]

Human Development Initiatives, HDI Nigeria, a non- governmental organisation working to ensure accountability and transparency in the utilization of Universal Basic Education Funds, UBEF, particularly in Lagos State, on Wednesday advised the government of Lagos State to address Policy gaps in school enrolment

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja THE National Commission for Mass literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, NMEC, Thursday, said Nigeria has 38% non-literate adult population. The revelation came just as the country is faced with an estimated 6.9 million out-of-school children. Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Akpama Simon Ibor, who made the revelation at the 2021 […]

The National Homegrown School Feeding Programme has recommenced in Kaduna State, with 730,000 pupils benefiting. The programmer’s Focal Person in the state, Saude Atoyebi made this known while speaking at the event marking the commencement of the programme at Research Model Primary School Kawo, Kaduna, on Wednesday. Atoyebi disclosed that over 7,000 cooks were employed […]

A Nigerian Teacher, Dr Peter Ogudoro, has won an award by Facebook as one of the world’s amazing virtual community managers for developing a “most helpful and engaged educators’ platform called Nigerian Teachers’’. This is contained in a media release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the platform, Nigerian Teachers. The […]

By Paul Olayemi The Delta State government had said it will renovate St Malachy Government Primary School in Sapele, Delta state, and get the children back to class as soon as possible. The school roof was removed weeks back by unknown persons over land ownership issue hereby exposing the pupils to harsh weather conditions outside. […]

The winner of the Kaduna State University (KASU), Vice Chancellor’s essay and poetry writing competition, Abubakar Sadiq, says academic and personal life challenges he faced almost made him quit school and commit suicide. Sadiq, a 300-level science student from the department of chemistry in KASU, said this in an interview with the News Agency of […]

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kebbi State, has appealed to the state government to continually train and retrain teachers to keep them in tune with modern teaching methods. The state’s Deputy Chairman of the union, Alhaji Sanusi Alkali, made the appeal when he paid a courtesy visit to the Acting Head of Service, […]

Dr Nasir Idris, President, NUT, has commended the doggedness of Nigerian teachers in excelling through ‘thick and thin’ in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic

An Educationist and Proprietress of Folarin Dalley Group of Schools, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Dalley, has warned parents to desist from pressurizing school authorities for “double promotions”.

By Samson Bright It is becoming habitual for Nigerian elected public officers to politick for the establishment of government universities in their constituencies or hometowns while incumbent to harness votes, fast track development of their districts, and publicize their hometowns without minding the consequences on the quality of graduates produced while most of their children […]

Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU, Abia State, yesterday, barricaded the Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene federal highway protesting the death of their final year colleague following a truck accident.

By Paul Olayemi •I never removed rooftop – Hon Diden, DESOPADEC chairman •Affected pupils study under tree, cry out to Gov Okowa •Sapele LG boss intervenes; Sapele-Okpe community mute PUPILS  of St. Malachy Government Primary School, Sapele, Delta State, resumed after the last holiday,  only to discover that some faceless persons invaded their school, dismounted […]

Prof. Ibrahim Umar, Rector, Adamawa State Polytechnic, has urged Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri to approve the recruitment of 70 academic staff, to fill the vacancies in some departments of the institution. Umar made the call at the inauguration of the TETFund physical infrastructure projects in the institution on Monday in Yola. He said that about 70 staff […]