Tag: Unity Schools
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FG to employ 3,500 teachers in Unity schools across the country
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced plans to recruit 3,500 teaching staff in all Federal Unity colleges nationwide.
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The new narratives of unity schools in Nigeria – Ozioma Onyenweaku
Ozioma Onyenweaku Last week I was reminiscing on the good old days of the federal schools now unity schools. There was an idea, a great one at that behind the creation of Federal Schools. The idea was to foster national unity by bringing young ones from different parts of the country together in schools; to…
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Time to revisit the concept of unity schools – Ozioma Onyenweaku
Ozioma Onyenweaku When I arrived the NYSC camp in Maiduguri in the Northern part of Nigeria, I freely intermingled with others. I drank and enjoyed Kuunu to the amazement of others who were coming to the North for the first time. I remember someone asking me if I lived in the North, and was surprise…
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FG announces resumption date for Unity Schools nationwide
Dr Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education has approved the reopening of Unity Schools across the country on Oct. 11. This was contained in a letter signed by the minister on Wednesday, in Lagos. Adamu said that the approval was for students in Junior Secondary School and Senior Secondary School. He said that the action was…
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BREAKING: 104 Unity Schools reopen Tuesday – FG
The 104 unity schools will reopen to SS3 students from tomorrow, Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has said. The Minister made the announcement at the end of a virtual meeting with Commissioners of Education in 36 States and other stakeholders on Monday. In a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal…
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JUST IN: FG releases admission list into unity schools
The Federal Government has released admission list of successful candidates into the Federal Colleges for the 2019/2020 academic year. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono disclosed this in a statement by the ministry’s Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong, on Wednesday in Abuja. The permanent secretary said that provisional admission…
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FG orders overhaul of Unity Schools
The federal government has given a directive for the overhaul of all unity schools, otherwise known as Federal Government Colleges across Nigeria. The permanent secretary of the federal ministry of education, Sunny Echono, said this during the monitoring of the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) in Abuja on Saturday. The NCEE is an entrance…