The Niger State Universal Basic Education (NSUBEB) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) is introducing a modern lesson plan for teachers of primary schools in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the lesson plan was introduced during a four-day training for the state Teachers Development Team (TDTs) and Teachers Facilitator (TFs) […]

By Ike Uchechukwu The University of Calabar, UNICAL, on Friday announced Prof. Florence Banku Obi as it’s 11th Vice-Chancellor and first female to occupy the position after 45 years since it’s inception. Announcing the result on Friday in Calabar, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Unical Governing Council, said the process of the selection […]

By Emma Una Professor Florence Obi of the Faculty of Education has been elected the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar forty-five years after the inception of the school. Announcing the result of the election which took place on Thursday, 10th September, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Worried by the dwindling standard of education in the country, stakeholders in the sector have given a clarion call especially to Christian/Mission schools to reflect on the ideals of the founding fathers of such schools, the standard they set and work to ensure this generation benefit from the sound education […]

The Federal Government says it has not come to a point where it is convinced that schools should be re-opened for academic exercise after their closure due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to give 20 cars to deserving teachers across the six education districts in the state. Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Wednesday during the virtual training of the teachers tagged ”Eko Educators Webinar Performance Series 3.3”. He said that his administration was committed to rewarding excellent service delivery […]

The UN system in Nigeria says in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and insurgency, it has resorted to using radio stations to transmit education programmes to children in Borno to ensure continuity of learning. Dr Judith Giwa-Amu, the National Coordinator, Education in Emergencies (EIE) Coordination, a programme under the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) disclosed […]

By Elizabbeth Osayande Stakeholders in the education have said that the right time to redesign the nation’s education curriculum is now owing to the shift in virtually all facets of life, especially in the education sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was stated during the presentation of awards to winners of Teachers’ Appreciation Programme […]

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to reward excellence service delivery in the Lagos State Post-Primary teaching service, pledging 20 cars to deserving teachers across the six education districts in the state.

By Adesina Wahab With the gradual reopening of the school system across the country after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, Federal Government-owned universities may be in for another round of controversy, as the two academic unions, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Congress of University Academics, CONUA, are set […]

By Elizabeth Osayande The Concerned Parents and Educators Initiative (CPE) has called on the Federal Government to declare war on examination malpractices in Nigeria. This was the outcome of dialogue the non-governmental organisation held recently with key stakeholders in the education sector. The participants noted that the vice has eaten deep into the fabric of […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar (UNICAL) Chapter has protested six years of unpaid salaries and entitlements by the institution. The ASUU members who converged in their numbers at the UNICAL International Conference Centre and took their protest to the main gate before dispersing at the […]

…Reiterates FG’s commitment to safe learning environment By Joseph Erunke MINISTER of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has asked for protection of schools as well as release of students and teachers being held in captivity. This was as he reiterated the federal government’s commitment to safe learning environment, saying government was not only committed but also […]

The United Nations has called on the Nigerian States to fast track the domestication of the policies on safe schools in line with the safe school declaration which Nigeria endorsed. March 20, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari, ratified the Safe Schools Declaration (SSD) during the weekly FEC meeting. The SSD is an intergovernmental political commitment that […]

The duo of Veracruz Gbolahan and  Dawodu Joshua, students of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, students have won the Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative, KLCI, boot camp grant and SME100AFRICA most enterprising young Nigeria award, respectively.