Tag: education
Education: Nasarawa employs 2,140 teachers
The Nasarawa State Government has employed 2,140 additional teachers to boost secondary education in the state.
Education: NUT gives 21-day ultimatum to Edo over poor funding
The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the State Government…
Bayelsa Govt. spends N70 billion on Education
The Bayelsa Government, on Wednesday, said it had spent more than N70 billion to provide qualitative education through the introduction…
Our education system has no idea of what to do with creativity – Anchor VC
Vice Chancellor, Anchor University, Lagos, Prof. Joseph Afolayan, has lamented that the nation’s educational system has no idea about what…
Stakeholders call for education of indigent, vulnerable children
Stakeholders have called on the government at all levels to ensure the inclusive education of indigent, girl child and vulnerable…
Don scores Buhari high on education
An educationist, Prof Lai Olurode, has given a pass mark to the three years administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in…
Retired administrators chat pathway to quality education, healthcare
The Association of Lagos State Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries (ALARHOSPS) has called on all relevant stakeholders in…
Ambode: Tackling health, education challenges are priorities
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to massively invest in the health and…
Macron advocates education in tackling root-cause of terrorism
President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday said building an educational system on the basis of “benevolence” and “self-fulfillment” would…
Girl-child education could generate billions of dollars in earnings – UNFPA
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA says ending child marriages could generate billions of dollars in earnings and productivity by enabling…
Self reliance: Don urges youth to make education priority
A professor of Special Education, Kyauta Ibrahim, has urged youths in the country to make education their utmost priority to…
Minister launches 2017/2018 annual school census
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday launched the 2017/2018 Annual School Census, aimed at solving the problem of out-of-school children.
Netherlands announces readiness to offer Nigerians affordable education
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria on Wednesday announced the readiness of Dutch universities and other…
Early Education crucial to eradicating militancy, Amaechi says
Mrs Judith Amaechi, the Founder of Empower Support Initiative (ESI), a non-governmental organisation, says early education is the key to…
Education: Stakeholders tasked on funding, pragmatic policies
Some university dons have urged stakeholders in education sector to focus more on funding and implementation of pragmatic policies to…
Lawmaker calls for huge investments in education
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Segun Olulade, has called for huge investments in education to…
Bayelsa education commissioner tasks stakeholders on new strategy
The Bayelsa Commissioner for Education, Mr Jonathan Obuebite, has urged education team and stakeholders in the state to formulate new…
Kogi tasks communities to take responsibility of schools
Kogi Government has solicited the co-operation of communities, groups and other stakeholders to take collective responsibility and ownership of schools…
Ondo committed to educational development – Commissioner
The Ondo State Government says it is working hard to restore the educational sector to its lost glory in all…
Education: Zamfara partners AL-HANDA varsity
The Zamfara State government is partnering with AL-HANDA International University Niamey in Niger Republic on education development. Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari…
Lagos to produce new education policy
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Idiat Adebule, on Thursday said there was the need for education policy that…
Education development depends on consistent govt. policies – Don
Prof. Olasheinde Williams of the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, has identified inconsistency in government policies as a factor…
Education revamp: Kano Govt. seeks support of Old Boys Associations
The Kano State Government has solicited the support of Old Boys Associations of various secondary schools in the state in…
2018 Budget: Lagos lawmaker advocates more allocation to education
A lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Olusola Sokunle, has called for more budgetary allocation to education…
Liberian President identifies education as panacea to poverty in Africa
The Liberian President, Mrs Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf, has Identified education as the panacea to poverty and disunity in Africa. Sirleaf…
Islamic group tasks Muslims on pursuit of qualitative education
Ansar-ud-deed Society of Nigeria, a faith-based Organisation, on Saturday advised Muslims to pursue genuine and qualitative education that would stand…
On Lagos’ New Lease Of Life For Education
According to famous American scientist, George Washington Carver, ‘education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom’. Really,…
Education: Oyo government seeks PPP support
The Oyo State Government on Thursday solicited for support from Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the improvement of the standard…
Education: Bagudu tasks stakeholders on illiteracy
Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has called on stakeholders in the education sector to come up with new solutions to…
Committee on Education to ensure proper equipping of colleges in Enugu State
The Enugu House of Assembly Committee on Education says it will ensure that vocational institutions in the state are adequately…