Tag: Education
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Over N600bn allocated to education in 2018 – Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says over N600 billion has s far been allocated to the education sector in 2018. Osinbajo disclosed this at the opening ceremony of a two-day Stakeholders’ Workshop on Sustainable Funding for Education in Nigeria held on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa Banquet Hall, Abuja. The workshop was organised by Federal…
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Delta Assembly directs state tertiary institutions to submit 2017, 2018 financial records
The Delta House of Assembly Committee on Education has directed all the state-owned tertiary institutions to furnish it with their records of incomes and expenditures for 2017 and 2018 financial years. The Chairman, House Committee on Education, Ms Angela Nwaka, gave the directive during the 2019 budget defence meeting with the heads of the state-owned…
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2019: Sanusi spits fire, says 'Nigerians must stop electing leaders with no basic education'
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Saturday advised Nigerians to stop electing leaders without education into public offices. He said Nigerians in the past had elected or chosen to elect leaders who had no education and thus could not give an education when they were elected. The former Central Bank of…
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FG to employ only qualified teachers — Minister
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that a database of qualified unemployed teachers is being gathered nationwide to ensure such people are employed into the teaching profession. Adamu disclosed this while monitoring the 2018 Batch B Teacher Professional Qualifying Examination in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
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BREAKING: World Bank admits misleading Nigeria to ignore education, health sectors
The World Bank says it “has to take some responsibility’’ for advising Nigeria and other African countries to invest more in roads, railways and energy rather than in education and health. The World Bank President, Mr. Jim Yong Kim, made this known while briefing the media after the launch of the 2018 Human Capital Index,…
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UBEC to release N142.5bn to states
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) will be disbursing N142.58 billion to support educational development in all states of the country, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said. Adamu made this known in Kaduna on Wednesday at the opening of a two-day Northern Nigeria Traditional Leaders Conference on Out-of-School Children. The conference was…
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Poor education funding: NUT gives Edo Govt. 21-days deadline
The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the State Government to provide adequate funding for education. The ultimatum is contained in a nine-point communiqué, issued in Benin on Sunday. The document was signed by the Chairman of the NUT in the state, Mr Pius Okhueleigbe,…
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Startup focus: Transforming education with a web-based portal in Nigeria
At the Seedstars Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland earlier this year, Edves, a Nigerian startup won the Transforming Education prize worth USD 50,000. According to two prize-winning Nigerian entrepreneurs, the keys to successful social enterprise include focusing on a problem, empathy for people who have that problem, and iteration for a high-quality product. Dimeji Falana and…
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Health care: Edo, NYSC strengthen ties
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government would strengthen existing partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state to drive his administration’s reforms in education and health sectors to benefit people living in rural areas of the state. Obaseki disclosed this when he received the new state…
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Again, hoodlums attack Rivers state varsity; VC cries out for help
Vice Chancellor (VC) of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Professor Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, has called on security agencies to prevail in finding lasting solution to incessant attacks on students and staff of the Rivers state-owned institution. TheNewsGuru reports Ndimele made the call on Monday following series of attacks on the institution, which the VC revealed…