Tag: Teachers
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Tragedy as speeding car kills three teachers, injures others in Ogun
There was pandemonium in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Monday as a motorist ran into and killed three female teachers. The accident occurred at Alapako, opposite the office of the Ogunmakin unit of the Federal Road Safety Corps end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. One of them was said to be a teacher in a…
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Tension as DSS operatives invade Ekiti school, arrest teachers
There was tension on Tuesday in Ekiti State as some operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded a popular secondary school in Ado-Ekiti, Ola Oluwa Muslim Grammar School, and arrested some members of staff. Those arrested are the Secretary to the Principal, one Mrs. Olagbemi, and an Office Assistant, one Mrs. Ogunrinde. They…
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253 teachers to teach Benin language, history – Obaseki
Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government has completed the training of 253 teachers, who will be deployed to teach Benin culture, language and history in secondary schools and selected primary schools across the state. Obaseki disclosed this at the weekend during the presentation of a book titled: “Ogiamien And…
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Recent promotion excites public primary school teachers
In the wake of the promotion of public primary school teachers in Edo State by Governor Godwin Obaseki, the teachers have thrown their weight behind the governor, stressing that the directive has brought them joy. They said that the development would boost the morale of teachers and lead to better teaching and learning outcomes in…
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Edo Govt. promotes teachers, clears 3 years backlog
The Edo state government has approved the promotion of teachers in public primary schools in the state. Acting Chairperson of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Special Adviser to the Governor on Basic Education, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, made this known today. She said the outstanding promotions approved by the State Governor…
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Panic in Kaduna as El-Rufai announces plans to conduct test for secondary school teachers
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has announced plans to conduct competency test for secondary school teachers across the state. El-Rufai, in a post on his Twitter page on Sunday, revealed that the test is meant to separate the incompetent ones from those that are competent. He also revealed that the state government has decided…
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We can afford to ‘give’ Liberia 6,000 teachers from Nigeria – TRCN
Sequel to a request by President George Weah of Liberia asking Nigeria to loan his country six thousand teachers to formally kick-start the country’s education sector, the Registrar and Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye on Tuesday affirmed the request was possible. Ajiboye said Nigeria can afford to give Liberia…
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ICT-based teaching: Edo Govt. calls for 300 primary school teachers
The Edo State Government has called for 300 volunteers among primary school teachers working in public schools to pilot its Edo Best programme, an initiative designed to introduce and entrench the use of computers, tablets and other Information and Communication Technology-based gadgets for teaching across the state. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Basic…
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Tragedy as 22 students, four teachers die in Kano accident
There was pandemonium in Kano State on Tuesday as a fatal auto crash claimed the lives of 22 students and four of their teachers in Gaya local government of the state. The accident, which occurred at about 11.00 a.m. involved an 18- seater bus conveying the students on excursion to a radio station in Kano.…
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We are not owing teachers 28 months arrears in Osun – Official
The Statistician-General, State of Osun, Professor Wasiu Gbolagade has debunked media reports making the rounds that the state is owing teachers 28 months salary arrears. Prof. Gbolagade in a media release observed that the claim that the state was owing her teachers 28 months half salaries was inaccurate and totally at variance with the situation…