Tag: UBEC
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Kagara: SERAP asks Buhari to probe, recover ‘billions missing from UBEC, SUBEBs
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations of corruption in the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) between 2004…
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SERAP wins round one in battle to compel Okowa, UBEC to account for education funds
There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of how Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds are disbursed and spent by the Delta State Government may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and UBEC to publish…
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Online application for recruitment into Federal Teachers’ Scheme not fake – UBEC
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), says the opening of an online application for recruitment into the Federal Teachers’ Scheme (FTS), is not fake. Dr Ossom Ossom, Public Relations Officer of the commission, confirmed this to NAN on Monday in Abuja, following skepticism about the authenticity of the recruitment. A document obtained from the UBEC…
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Nigeria short of 277,537 teachers – UBEC
The basic education sub-sector has 277,537 teachers deficit, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said. The commission also said there is a deficit of 135,319 teachers at the Early Childhood Care Development Education, 139,772 in primary schools and 2,446 in Junior Secondary Schools nationwide. It said there are 27.8 million learners currently enrolled in…
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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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Delta Govt. accesses N7.8bn UBEC funds
The Delta Government on Monday said it had accessed N7.8 billion Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) counterpart funds in four years. Mr Chiedu Ebie, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, disclosed this in Asaba at the 2018 Ministerial Press Briefing organised by the Ministry of Information. He said that the funds were accessed in…
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Gov. Ayade approves N1.4bn for 2016 UBEC matching grant
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved N1.4 billion to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to enable it access 2016 Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grant. Dr. Stephen Odey, the Executive Chairman of SUBEB in the state, disclosed this on Friday in Calabar while declaring open a one-day management training workshop…