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Bayelsa Delays School Resumption by One Week Due to Flooding

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 16, 2024

The Bayelsa State Government has postponed the resumption of schools by one week to allow floodwaters, which have inundated numerous school premises, to recede. This decision was conveyed in a circular issued by the Ministry of Education on Friday. Schools, initially slated to reopen from the

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NDDC provides 5,000 e-learning tools to 17 schools in Bayelsa

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 16, 2024

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has begun the distribution of 5,000 e-learning tools, known as U-Lesson educational gadgets, to students from seventeen primary and secondary schools spread across eight local government areas of Bayelsa State as part of its mission to advance education in the Niger Delta region. The ceremony at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet

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Bayelsa hires 1,500 teachers for technical colleges, others

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 30, 2024

The Bayelsa State Government has hired 1,500 teachers in primary and secondary schools around the state. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, announced this over the weekend while responding to problems aired during the Bayelsa Elders Council’s quarterly meeting in Yenagoa. Diri emphasised that his administration had

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Federal University of Agriculture set to launch in Bayelsa

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 23, 2024

The new Federal University of Agriculture in Basambiri, Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, is scheduled to take off soon, with renovations on the first major government project in the oil-rich council nearly complete. The disclosure came during a weekend visit by the pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing board of the recently approved university, Senator

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41,000 Bayelsa pupils suffer setback as key project stalls

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 3, 2024

By Sam Jones, Yenagoa Education delivery in primary schools in four local government areas of Bayelsa State could be disrupted due to a glitch in a focal education project, BayelsaPrime. Since schools resumed on August 12 for the 2024/25 session, academic activities are yet to fully commence in public primary schools in Sagbama, Ogbia, Yenagoa […]

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Group raises alarm over threat to primary education in Bayelsa

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 17, 2024

By Sam Jones, Yenagoa A programme to improve education delivery at the primary school level in Bayelsa State known as BayelsaPrime is facing challenges capable of eroding the gains of the past one year. The programme commenced in 2023 in four pilot local government areas of Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Sagbama and Yenagoa local government areas provides […]