Day: March 19, 2024
The Borno government claims to have made significant progress in tackling the problem of out-of-school children, lowering the number in the state from more than two million to 800,000. Mr Zulum made the announcement on Tuesday in Maiduguri, at the inauguration of 27 Local Government Education
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has barred a number of secondary schools in Abia State from taking the regional body’s exams due to involvement in examination malpractice. Uche Eme Uche, the Commissioner for Education, made the disclosure while briefing journalists in
The Brenthurst Foundation Machel-Mandela Internship Programme will be available full-time for a minimum of six months and the selected candidate will be expected to take up the appointment by 1 June 2024. The intern may be from South Africa or farther afield. They will be based at the
The Nigerian Women Association of Georgia, Inc. (NWAG), based in the USA, is committed to promoting education among Nigerian students.In line with this mission, NWAG is pleased to announce its scholarship program for 2024, aimed at supporting female undergraduates in Nigerian universities. The
Prof Florence Banku Obi, Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, has guaranteed that the nationwide strike by members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) will not affect the institution’s 36th convocation. The
President Bola Tinubu has authorised the appointment of new members to the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education. Brig.-Gen. Lawal Ja’afar Isa, a retired general, will serve as the Commission’s Chairman of the Board, with Dr. Idris Sani serving as
2,814 primary and secondary schools have signed up for the Safe School Response initiative to protect their students and teachers from attacks. The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps launched the Safe School Response initiative in response to an increase in bandit attacks on schools.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, stated that only 1% of Nigerians are enrolled in university study. Adesina made this statement during his remarks at the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership 2024 award ceremony. Adesina, the award recipient, noted that
The National Association of Nigerian Students has stated that it is unrealistic to expect recipients of the Federal Government loan scheme to begin payback two years after completing the National Youth Service Corps. It argued that less than 10% of graduates are incorporated into the employment
In an effort to pressure the federal government to pay the four months’ worth of salaries that its members in the Federal Universities and Inter Universities Centres have had withheld, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior