Tag: Education
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Nigeria’s minister explains how over N6 trillion was spent on education in seven years
The Nigerian government says it has spent N6.3 trillion to revamp the education sector in the last seven years and has pledged to improve on the implementation of its strategic plans as well as create the necessary environment for the sector to thrive, even as public tertiary institutions have remained closed for more than six…
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Malami restates commitment to quality education in Kebbi
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has restated his commitment to complementing the efforts of Federal and State Governments in providing higher quality education in Kebbi. Malami made this known during a prize-giving day of Rayhaan Model Academy Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He described the establishment of Rayhaan Model…
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World Bank to support Nigeria with $8.5 billion to tackle Education, Agriculture
The World Bank has shown commitment and promised to support Nigeria with $8.5 billion in order to fund critical areas ranging from agriculture, economic education and to tackle other pending needs of the country. This piece of information was disclosed by Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank Country Director to Nigeria during a summit organized by…
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Education: JAMB fixes make-up exam for August 6
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed August 6 for mop-up exams to allow those who missed the examinations due to technical issues to take it. The report says that about 1,969 candidates missed the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations and Direct Entry Examinations written in April and May 2022.
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Nigeria needs to expand revenue sources for education – Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says the country should expand the frontiers of its revenue generation to mitigate the funding challenges inhibiting educational development.
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We’ll not participate in any further talk with FG – ASUU
As far as we are concerned, we have concluded negotiation with the government,
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Pro-Chancellors ask ASUU to shelve strike
The Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-owned Universities in Nigeria, Mallam Yusuf Alli, SAN has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to shelve the ongoing strike by the union. Alli made the plea in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja According to the PUNCH ASUU on Monday, February 14, declared a total and…
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WASSCE Set To Hold In May/June 2022
The West African Examinations Council has said there is plan to ensure the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination holds in May/June. It also revealed that registration deadline for the examination had been extended to February 25, 2022. Head of the National Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, said these on Monday while announcing the…
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WAEC releases 2021 GCE results
GCE results have been released and performance was not impressive
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Why we are raising N25bn appeal fund for education in Yobe – Lawan
The President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday explained the rationale behind the N25 billion education appeal fund organised by the Yobe State Government.