Tag: education
Shakira visits native Colombia, urges investment in education
Pop Star Shakira asked her home country Colombia on Friday to pump more money into education to achieve peace and…
Education: Nigeria commends World Bank for $611m grant
The Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, has commended Word Bank for boosting the education sector with a grant of…
Education is key to reducing extreme poverty – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said that quality education was key to reducing extreme poverty in the…
Katsina Govt. earmarks N19bn for education in 2019
Katsina State Government has earmarked N19 billion toward boosting education sector in the 2019 fiscal year, Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, the…
Centre bemoans education career stereotypes against girls
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) on Monday called for the elimination of all education and career stereotypes against girls.
Education: Don praises FG over planned state of emergency in sector
A don, Dr. Anthony Kifordu has lauded the Federal Government over its plan to declare a state of emergency in…
‘State of Emergency’ in education will reduce students’ drop-out – NUNS
The leadership of National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) has welcomed the directive by the National Economic Council (NEC) for…
Morocco triples Education allocation in 2019 budget
Morocco has tripled its budgetary allocation to the education sector in its 2019 appropriation from 700 million dirham to 2.1…
Education: NEC urges governors to declare ‘state of emergency’ in sector
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday urged the 36 State Governors to declare state of emergency in the nation’s…
Standard of Nigeria’s education not falling – Okebukola
Prof. Peter Okebukola, former, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday said that the standard of the nation’s education…
Ireland woos more Nigerians
No fewer than 500 young Nigerians are expected to be admitted into the different Irish educational institutions in the next…
2019: FG to invest more on health, education — Minister
LThe Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole has assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would invest more on…
Nigeria losing out on literate, skilled workforce – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), says Nigeria is losing out on a literate and skilled workforce it needs to…
Nigerian Govt urged to review budgetary allocation to education
Unionists on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to give priority to education and review the education budget from 7.04 per…
Kaduna Assembly committed to reforming education sector – Speaker
The Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Aminu Shagali, said on Thursday that the lawmakers would support any action…