Tertiary institutions

Jigawa govt to sanction unregistered private schools

Angel Ojonugwa October 29, 2024

DUTSE (Sundiata Scholar) – The Jigawa State Government plans to clamp down on private schools operating illegally in the state, an official has said. Malam Musa Ya’u, the Director, Private Schools, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, said this in a statement in Dutse on

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Ogun threatens to close down private schools that fail to comply with education policy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 5, 2024

Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, lamented on Friday that certain private school owners are failing to follow the state government’s education policies. He deemed this unacceptable, declaring that the state would no longer tolerate such illegal acts. Arigbabu stated this during a meeting with the heads of private

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Lagos grants approval letters to 78 new private school owners

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 5, 2024

The Lagos State government has issued provisional approval letters to 78 new private school owners. Mr. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, handed out the approval letters last Wednesday at the Education Resource Centre in Ojodu, Ikeja. The event, hosted by the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), emphasised the

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FCT 5% tax on private schools will kill businesses, school owners warn

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 31, 2024

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has stated that imposing a 5% annual tax on private schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will push school owners out of business. The Department of Quality Assurance of the FCT’s Education Secretariat announced the action in January, prompting the group to petition FCT Minister […]

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Bill seeks to restrict government officials from sending children to private schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 25, 2024

A bill for an Act prohibiting government officials from sending their children to private schools and utilising private hospitals both within and outside Nigeria is set to be sent to the National Assembly for legislative action. The private bill, sponsored by Dumebi Kachikwu, the African Democratic Congress’ presidential candidate in the 2023 election, proposes that

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Increase in tuition fees unavoidable as private schools spend fortune on security

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 31, 2024

Concerns have been voiced by private schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that higher tuition will result from the expensive cost of protecting their buildings against roving kidnappers. An administrator of a private secondary school in an Abuja satellite town, who wished to remain anonymous and not have her or her school’s name revealed, […]

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Lagos gives letters of approval to 199 new private schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 27, 2024

To 199 new private school owners, the Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance, or OEQA, has delivered letters of provisional approval. With the approval, there are now 5,622 registered private primary and secondary schools in the State, up from 5,423 at the beginning. At the Education Resource Centre (ERC) Ojodu on Thursday, the Commissioner […]