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The Osun State Government has announced the commencement of School-on-air for primary and secondary school students of the State. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Jamiu Olawumi on Monday, he stated that the on-air education programme is to complement teaching and learning in the state. Mr. Jamiu said […]

Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB), is set to integrate 282 Quranic schools into the Zamfara Basic Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme with a view to ensuring that every child has access to free education in the state. This was contained in a statement by the public relations officer of the board,

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has said it has met stakeholders in the education sector on basic education admission guidelines. This followed insinuations that under-aged pupils were being admitted into Junior Secondary Schools in the state. A statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs Unit of the ministry, Mr Kayode Abayomi, said no decision

The National Association of the Parent-Teacher Association has disagreed with the Federal Government over the attempt to feed pupils at home during the lockdown period. Recall that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, during his nationwide broadcast on March 29 said the school feeding programme would not be affected by the lockdown. Buhari said, “Although

Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun (SAN), Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo has urged students of the institution to keep learning during the lockdown period by studying online. Fagbohun, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, said that the university was putting in place online platforms

The Minister of State for Science and Technology, Mohammed Abdullahi, has called on ministries of Education to expose primary and secondary school pupils to the technology storyboard project developed by the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) to demystify science and technology early. The minister said this when NOTAP launched the zonal Technology

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is providing US$250 million to help developing countries mitigate both the immediate and long-term disruptions to education being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will help sustain learning for up to 355 million children, with a focus on ensuring that girls and poor children, who will be hit the

The National Examinations Council has said it has not postponed the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination and Basic Education Certificate Examination due to the coronavirus pandemic. It said it was studying the prevailing situation in the country and would postpone the exams if there was any need. The council Head of Information, Mr Azeez Sani,

Principal officers of The Federal Polytechnic Offa have donated 100 bags of rice as a palliative measure to lower cadre employees of the institution to complement the efforts of the Federal Government during the sit-at-home period. A statement signed by the Head of the Corporate Affairs of the Polytechnic, Olayinka Iroye, said this became necessary