Five weeks after shutting down schools for the Ramadan fasting, the Bauchi State government has ordered the immediate reopening of schools across the state, with claims...
Minister of State for Education, Suwaiba Ahmad, has criticized the decision of four northern states – Bauchi, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kano – to shut down state-owned...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PRP), has cautioned against playing politics with the future of Nigerian children over the closure of schools by some northern state governments...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the federal government prioritises the sustainable strategy for financing education in Nigeria. Obasanjo...
Qudus, a Junior Secondary School (JSS 2) pupil, would sit the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in a year to mark the completion of his nine-year...
The Presidency has called on Nigerian youths to abandon the belief that education is a scam, encouraging them to take advantage of the various initiatives and...
As the sun set on a typical Friday morning in Gidan Yaro Community School, Wamakko Local Government, Yusuf, an 11-year-old primary school student, strolls aimlessly through...
The Kaduna State Government has joined forces with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROOSC) project, which aims to deliver quality...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the recently imposed age limit for admission into tetiary...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election ,Peter Obi, on Monday, expressed concerns over this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results....
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, according to UNESCO. This...
Apex Northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the abduction of school children in different parts of Northern Nigeria by bandits as an...
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), Dr. Akintunde Sawyer, has disclosed that beneficiaries of the Nigeria Education Loan Scheme would begin the payment...
Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday, asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the federal government, the 36 states government...
Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, has lamented that 50% of the pupils in the state can neither read in English nor...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the re-introduction of school feeding programme as part of measures by his administration to address the menace of out-of-school children....
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila believes with the take off of the Students’ Loan...
A report published on Tuesday by the US Consulate in Nigeria has revealed that the number of Nigerian students currently studying in the United States has...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have lashed out at the Federal Government over its plan...
Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, says the Federal Government is ready to commit 25 per cent of the nation’s annual budget to education in a bid...
Over the years, education has proven to be the fulcrum facilitating national development in any state. Through education, knowledge is accrued and in turn dictates the...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has declared a state of emergency in six sectors of the state he described as critical. The affected sectors, according to...
MTN Foundation has received commendation from the federal government of Nigeria for its education intervention. Recognizing MtN Foundation’s efforts as a model for complementary support by...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday charged African leaders to provide quality education in their various countries. Buhari, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special...
Over 48,000 academic employees across the 10 campuses of the University of California, on Monday, embarked on a strike action to demand for better pay and...
Nigerian parents under the auspices of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), has joined voices with the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), to...
In continued efforts by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to challenge the payment of half salaries to its members for the month of October,...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, expressed concern at the falling standard of education in Osun State. Aregbesola spoke when he was presented with...
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, on Thursday warned that Nigeria might not achieve the global agenda for inclusive and equitable basic education...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has blamed the current state of the country on the worrisome attitudes of the Nigerian public and the carefreeness of...
The Nigerian government has washed its hands off the issues of out-of-school children, saying the Federal Government was not the cause of most of the problems...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has decried the persistent attacks and abductions of students by bandits in the north, saying the acts will ultimately...
The Kwara Government will inject N14 billion into the state’s education sector this year. The governor’s Special Adviser on Strategy, Alhaji Sa’adu Salahu, disclosed this at...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Nigeria’s ClassesNG launches as open marketplace for education Nigerian...
Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, has added his voice to the raging hijab controversy in Kwara State by asking...
A former Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology in Ogun State, Mr John Segun Odubela (SAN) is dead. He was a Commissioner during the first term...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Monday urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the education sector over the increasing cases of...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has revealed that the aim of the Alternate School Programme (ASP) is to take...
The Kano State Government has cleared the air on the actual resumption date for public and private schools across the state amid the second wave of...
Pressure on the income of Nigerian households could hinder their investments in basic services such as education and health, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said...
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has openly admitted that the standard of education in Nigeria is on a downward trend. Adamu who made the submission...
The greatest challenge to security in Nigeria is the age-long neglect of public schools, especially the State and Local Governments owned schools at the basic level;...
Information technology has transformed learning. Visual classrooms, learning apps, learning accountability platforms, access to mentorship, these are few ways amidst many through which technology has revolutionized...
The outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges in Nigeria’s education and health sectors, so says President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade...
Ekiti State First Lady, Bisi Fayemi has stated that education is the right of every youth of the state and not a privilege for some few....
The National Association of the Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the South-West governors to declare a state of emergency on education sector in the states. The...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Thursday he would not mind breaking some toes in order to serve the ordinary people of the state. The...
A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on the Senate to carry out a review of the law regarding allocations to education. He advocated...
President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend directed the Ministry of Education to abolish the policy of catchment areas in the admission of new students into Federal...
