50% of schools in Nigeria lack furniture — UBEC
THE Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has said about 50 per cent of schools in Nigeria lack basic furniture. Executive Secretary of the commission, Hamid Bobboyi, who said this in Abuja, regretted that basic education “pupils sit on the floor to take lessons.”
Delta approves N1.5bn 2019 UBEC counterpart funds
Delta Executive Council on Tuesday approved the release of N1.5 billion counterpart fund to Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for funding of primary education in the state for 2019.
Out-of-School: UBEC commences Open Schooling Programme in July – Official
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), says it will commence Open Schooling Programme across the 36 states of the federation by July, as part of a strategy to reduce the number of Out-of-School children in the country.
Police operatives kill mastermind of UBEC chair’s abduction
ABUJA—THE Police, yesterday, announced the killing of one Sumaila Sule, mastermind of the abduction of Alhaji Mahmood Abubakar, Chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, and his daughter.
Just in: UBEC chairman released
The abducted chairman, board of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Muhammed Mahmood has been released.
How armed men kidnapped UBEC Chairman, kill driver on Kaduna-Abuja highway
Armed men yesterday blocked the Kaduna-Abuja highway, opened fire on some vehicles and abducted two people.
