education

Education Sector in 2019: Specks Of Sunshine

December 23, 2019 9:30 am

For a long time in Nigeria’s history, the education sector in an election year did not witness a disruptive quake at the federal level as a result of change in leadership. Malam Adamu Adamu was Minister of Education before the election and emerged Minister of Education after the election. The importance of this should not be lost on us. Projecting from the traditional trend, a change in leadership would have translated into a halt in the direction of the trajectory of Adamu Adamu. The new actors would begin to set new course for themselves. By year’s end, we would …

Vote Enough Money For Education In North -Emir Sanusi

December 18, 2019 8:52 am

Worried by the high rate of illiteracy and rot in education infrastructure, Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi 11, has tasked northern governors to invest more funds to boost education in the region.

Speaking in Kaduna, yesterday, at the commemoration lecture of Malam Haruna Soba, Emir Sanusi said if governors earmark more funds in their budgets to education, the region would be be better off.

The lecture was entitled: “Education as an instrument for national integration: The Northern Nigerian Crisis.”

“As northern governors you should set aside enough budget to take care of education in your respective states,” Emir …

Ihedioha Will Focus On Vocational Technical Education

November 10, 2019 4:36 pm

Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha has declared that his administration will give priority to vocational and technical education in order to tackle unemployment in the State.

This was made known by the state Commissioner for Education, Professor Viola Adaku Onwuliri, during an official visit to the Imo State College of Education, White Uboma.

Onwuliri further informed that the present admnistration had planned to achieve the foregoing, by revamping the four Technical Colleges in the State, neglected by the immediate past administration of Rochas Okorocha.

While addressing the Management of the Institution, the Commissioner who was acompanied in the visit by …

Rights Group: Iraq Education System On Brink Of Collapse

November 2, 2019 1:10 pm

Millions of students across Iraq are losing out amid a shortage of teachers and education funding, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said.

Across Iraq, 2.5 million children are in need of education support, including 775,000 internally displaced children residing in and out of camps, the independent humanitarian organisation told Al Jazeera.

According to NRC information shared with Al Jazeera, more than 240,000 Iraqi children were unable to access any form of education in the last year. The United Nations’ humanitarian funding appeals for education in Iraq have also not been met for this year, reaching less than half of

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SON Approves Pidgin English For Education On Rights

October 24, 2019 6:22 pm

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has approved Law in Pidgin English Radio programme to educate Nigerians, especially those at the grassroots on their rights and privileges.

Speaking yesterday in Abuja during the official presentation of ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System Certificate and launch of the Law in Pidgin English Radio by an Abuja-based law firm, Ace Solicitors, the Director-General of SON, Osita Aboloma, stated that the law would help to educate Nigerians in a language they understand.

He spoke through Mr. Olumide Alade, also of SON.

“This …

Tambuwal Pledges Sustained Investment In Education Sector

October 24, 2019 3:03 pm

The Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Thursday said his administration will sustain its investment in the education sector.

He made the pledge at the 14th Annual Retreat and 67th Business Meeting of the Association of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (ARNU) held at the Sokoto State University (SSU).

Tambuwal said that his administration since inception in 2015 accorded top priority to education, adding that education is key to societal development.

“Since we came in 2015, I declared a state of emergency in the education sector. Not only that, we followed it up with policies and programmes that would help …

Free Education Policy Of Makinde Is Commendable – Osinbajo

October 20, 2019 2:06 am

Nigeria’s Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), yesterday, commended Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde for his free education policy.

This was as Governor Makinde maintained that free qualitative education has come to stay in the state, noting that education remains the best form of poverty alleviation and empowerment that can be given to youths.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, Osinbajo and Makinde were guests of the Presiding Bishop of the Victory International Church, Bishop Taiwo Victor Adelakun, at the 30th Anniversary of the Church/ Divine Proclamation Service for Dominion University, held at the Rehoboth …

FG Committed To Free, Compulsory Education – Osinbajo

October 19, 2019 11:59 am

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government towards free and compulsory education of the first nine years of a child school life across the country.Osinbajo gave the commitment in Ibadan while speaking at the Divine Proclamation Service of the Dominion University,

The Vice President recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari, had, on June 20, made the declaration, on free and compulsory education.

He stressed that the assignment to provide free and compulsory education at the basic level was an important one for the government

He, however, said that the Federal government would

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Group Canvasses Environmental Education In Lagos Schools

October 14, 2019 2:44 am

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has tasked school administrators to explore best practices in educating pupils about environmental issues.

The call was made at its yearly training for about 50 secondary school teachers in Lagos State.

Leading the call, the facilitator, Mrs. Temitope Okunnu said composting, for instance, is a great way by which student that engage in environmental practice could reduce food waste and contribute to the mitigation of Green House Gas Emissions (GHGE).

According to her, waste food materials such as eggshells, banana peels, vegetables, bread, yard waste, coffee grounds, manure from rabbits and chickens are very good …