Tag: Education
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Buhari’s government not interested in children’s education – Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili on Friday said the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government is not interested in the education of schoolchildren. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Ezekwesili is speaking on the sidelines of the seventh year anniversary of the kidnap of over 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok…
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Nigeria receives $15m grant for safe school reopening
The Federal Ministry of Education says Nigeria has received 15 million dollars response grant from the Global Partnership on Education (GPE) for COVID-19 safe school reopening across the country. Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, Director, Basic and Secondary Education in the ministry, said this on Wednesday in Bauchi, at a Cluster Mobilisation and Sensitisation Meetings on COVID-19…
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Decay in education to blame for nation’s crisis – Afe Babalola
Chief Afe Babalola, Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, (ABUAD) has blamed the decay in the education sector for the various challenges confronting the nation. Babalola made the assertion in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday when he received the Executives of Bursars’ Association of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology (BURSCON) and that of the Federal Government’s Gas Expansion…
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Govt postpones resumption of schools in Delta State
Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has announced a new resumption date for second term for all public and private primary and secondary schools in the State. This is according to a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah in Asaba. Ukah in the statement said…
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Girls for Girls: Boosting Girls’ Education by teamwork, By Carl Umegboro
By Carl Umegboro Education is one of the most important investments a country can make in its future. It is in the light of this that the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) supports developing countries to ensure that every child receives a quality education. Invariably, education is a powerful agent of change, and improves…
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Gov. Bello restates commitment to development of education sector
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has expressed his administration’s commitment to the development of the education sector as the key to high-level human capital development needed for emancipation of the people. Bello made pledge in his remarks on Thursday at the inauguration of the reconstructed 30-bed capacity Hajia Hauwau Bello Health Centre, a Security House,…
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Why North is backward in education – Report
A research commissioned by Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has revealed why the North is backward in education. The research group headed by former Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, said during virtual public presentation of the research work on Thursday in Kaduna, that states in the region have failed to accord education the priority…
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Date for full reopening of schools to be announced soon – FG
The Federal Government on Monday raised hope that full reopening of schools across the country is around the corner. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said even though no date has been fixed yet for full schools’ resumption even though the Federal Government had continued to engage stakeholders. Nwajiuba said this during…
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Is formal education overrated in Nigeria? – Tunde Odeyemi
By Tunde Odeyemi One of the important features of the colonial era in Nigeria, especially in the western region, was the aspiration of parents whose means of livelihood were mainly farming and fishing to see their children go to school and become a clerical officer. One could rightly say that the major aim of formal…