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Abia, Imo Residents Decry High Private School Tuition Fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 15, 2024

Education stakeholders in Abia and Imo States have voiced serious concerns about the steep tuition fees charged by private schools across the country. Many respondents attributed the trend to the absence of robust oversight by government regulatory agencies at all levels. In Abia, residents

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Abia State to prosecute parents who refuse to send children to school

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 12, 2024

The Abia State government has announced that, starting from 1 January 2025, it will be an offence for parents in the state not to enrol their children and wards in school. Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, made this announcement at the Government House in Umuahia on Monday, while briefing journalists on the outcomes of this […]

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Female student in Umuahia bites off schoolmate’s tongue over food

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 26, 2024

Amarachi Chibueze, a senior secondary school female student, allegedly bit off another student’s tongue at a federal government-owned school in Umuahia. The incident was said to have occurred on Friday, as the two students were arguing about food at school. It was reported that the attacker held her victim, Adaeze, around the neck before biting […]

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Agency trains 58 Abia secondary schools about HIV/AIDS prevention measures

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 16, 2024

The Abia State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS has trained 58 secondary schools in the state’s three senatorial districts on the latest pandemic prevention techniques. The agency’s director general, Uloaku Emma-Ukaegbu, announced this to journalists in Umuahia, the state capital, adding that teachers were supposed to teach others. Her words: “We’ve

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Abia Assembly criticises private schools for forcing parents to purchase customised textbooks

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 10, 2024

The Abia State House of Assembly has passed a resolution directing its Education Committee to summon the Commissioner for Basic Education, ASUBEB leadership, and other relevant officials for discussions regarding the widespread practice of selling and using customized textbooks and exercise books in schools. The Assembly argued that this growing trend negatively impacts

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Abia ranks first, while Katsina ranks last in the 2024 SSCE

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 20, 2024

The results of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examinations, or SSCE internals, have been made public by the National Examination Council (NECO) with 828,284 (or 60.55 percent) candidates obtaining five credits, including English language and mathematics. Prof Dantana Wushishi, NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, made this remark while announcing the results to

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Abia threatens to sanction schools that resume early

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 18, 2024

The Abia State Government has stated that it may sanction school proprietors who resumed academic activities before the September 23, 2024, resumption date. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, revealed this while briefing journalists on the conclusion of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, which was presided over by Governor Alex Otti. He expressed

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Abia government postpones school resumption date

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 11, 2024

The Abia State Government has delayed the resumption date for both public and private schools in the state for the 2024/2025 academic year. Mr Okey Kanu, Commissioner for Information, stated this during a press briefing on the outcome of this week’s Executive Council meeting in Umuahia, citing a coinciding Muslim holiday as the reason for the

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Abia government sets up committee to recover 180 public schools from former government officials

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 6, 2024

The Abia State Government has formed a special committee to retrieve all encumbered public schools that were reportedly taken over by state officials under the previous government. The committee, led by Caleb Ajagba, Chief of Staff to the Governor, includes the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eme Uche, as Secretary, as well as the Commissioners […]

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Federal Government College of Education Abia to take-off in September

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 19, 2024

Arrangements are underway to secure the take-off of a Federal Government College of Education in Ofeme-Ohuhu, Umuahia-North Local Government Area of Abia State. To this end, the Abia State Government has handed over a Certificate of Ownership (C-of-O) to the Federal Government for the parcel of land acquired and donated for the College, promised to undertake […]

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Otti offers scholarships to children of the police officers killed in Aba

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 30, 2024

Abia State Governor Alex Otti has offered scholarship to the university level to the children of the three police officers slain in Aba, the state’s commercial nerve. This is even as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, led by Rt. Hon. Allwell Asiforo, condemned the killing of the police officers as a cruel shock. He requested that

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Otti approves payment of school fees for Abia students in India, law schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 20, 2024

Abia State Governor Alex Otti has approved the payment of school fees for Abia students studying at SRI SAI, an Indian university, so that they can continue their education. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu, revealed this Wednesday night while briefing reporters on the conclusion of this week’s Executive Council meeting, which […]

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Otti warns parents over non-enrollment of children in school

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 29, 2024

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State announced that non-enrollment of school-age children a criminal offense, warning of severe penalties for parents and guardians who do not send their children to school. This announcement was made at the 2024 Children’s Day event at Umuahia Township Stadium. Governor Otti emphasised that the new policy would be backed up […]

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Abia government to withdraw licences of schools delisted by WAEC for examination malpractice

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 19, 2024

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 Umuahia, stating that the exam board had just informed the state of the […]

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Christmas: Otti’s wife advises parents to instill moral values in their children

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 25, 2023

UMUAHIA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Governor of Abia State’s wife, Mrs. Priscilla Otti, has urged parents to teach their kids morality so that they can develop strong character from an early age. At her office’s Christmas party for kids on Friday at Government House in Umuahia, Mrs. Otti delivered this charge. She claimed that raising […]