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Breaking: Saudi Educator Wins $1 Million Global Teacher Prize at Dubai Summit

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 13, 2025

Saudi teacher Mansour Al Mansour has received the prestigious $1 million Global Teacher Prize at the World Governments Summit held in Dubai. This highly regarded award, given by the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, honors exceptional teachers who have a profound influence on both

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FG Allocates N50 Billion to Address 18.3 Million Out-of-School Children Issue

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 28, 2024

The Federal Government has allocated N50 billion in the 2025 budget to address the issue of out-of-school children, which is currently estimated at a staggering 18.3 million in Nigeria. This initiative, part of the Economic Recovery Growth Plan, is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education under the project titled ‘ERGP24225846 support for out-of-school children […]

Scholarships

UNESCO 2025 World Heritage Residency Scholarship Programme

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 19, 2024

The scholarship is designed for individuals with a cultural concept, such as art, music, research, etc., related to the UNESCO World Heritage list. It aims to encourage connections between the World Heritage site, Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland, and one or more sites worldwide in a cultural or artistic manner. Benefits of UNESCO World Heritage Residence […]

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UNESCO/Guillermo Cano 2025 World Press Freedom Prize

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2024

Established in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize recognises individuals, organisations, or institutions that have made remarkable contributions to defending or advancing press freedom worldwide, particularly under challenging and dangerous circumstances. The Prize, initiated by UNESCO’s Executive Board, is officially awarded by UNESCO

Tertiary institutions

Certification, licencing, major ingredients for teaching profession – TRCN

Angel Ojonugwa October 18, 2024

KADUNA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Kaduna State Coordinator of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) , Esther Ayuba, says certification and licencing are the major ingredients for the teaching profession. Speaking to newsmen at the sideline of a two-day 2024 online conference of registered teachers in Kaduna, Ayuba said every trained teacher was supposed

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Girls’ school dropout costs Sub-Saharan Africa $210 billion in GDP annually

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 23, 2024

According to the United Nations, the high percentage of female school dropouts in Sub-Saharan Africa results in an annual economic loss of approximately $210 billion. The report, titled “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals – The Gender Snapshot 2024,” emphasises the severe economic consequences of gender disparity in education across the area,

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4m out-of-school children returned to classrooms, says FG

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 25, 2024

The Federal Government has announced that four million of the 20 million out-of-school children have returned to their schools. According to numbers issued by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), 3,483,721 students have received direct interventions to improve their learning. It attributed the success to the collaborative efforts of five agencies within the

Tertiary institutions

Why we raise our education budget above UNESCO’s benchmark -Mbah

Angel Ojonugwa May 29, 2024

ENUGWU ( Sundiata Post) – Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State, says his administration raised education budget above the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recommended benchmark because of the priority it attached to education. Mbah disclosed this during his One Year in Office Anniversary Speech on Wednesday in Enugu.The governor

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Senate encourages action on out-of-school children; calls for novel approaches

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 21, 2024

The Senate has encouraged the federal ministry of education and its agencies, as well as other stakeholders, to collaborate on new ways to effectively address the issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria. The Senate decision came after plenary adopted a motion on “compelling the need to tackle the challenge of out-of-school children in Nigeria” on […]

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Educationists seek government funding to support low-cost private schools 

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 20, 2024

Two educationists, Mr. Emmanuel Orji and Mrs. Olanrewaju Oniyitan, have urged state governments to assist low-cost, privately-owned schools that cater to poor communities. They said that with this kind of assistance, their schools would be able to fulfil the necessary conditions to function as the nation’s standard schools. They also demanded that the regulations