Education

The newly appointed Executive Chairman of Osun State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Hon. Ajibola Israel Famurewa has endorsed the new education policy of the state government of Osun. Famurewa, ex-lawmaker who was a member of House Committee on Universal Basic Education said his agency will leave no stone unturned in ensuring quality education being a […]

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has modified the resumption date for Primary Six, Junior Secondary School 3 and Senior Secondary School 3 students in the state. This follows a meeting of stakeholders which lasted over two hours on Monday. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has made it clear that some universities will not offer admission to candidates that score less than 200. They include: University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, Covenant University, Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Benin. This was disclosed in a statement signed by JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin,

The Federal Government has submitted proposed guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country to the National Assembly. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba made the presentation on Tuesday during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, he intimated the lawmakers

The Kaduna State Government has evacuated 35,000 Almajiri children to 17 states and some neighbouring countries. Hajiya Hafsat Baba, Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development in Kaduna State, who made this known in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna, said that the state equally received more than 1,000 Almajiri from other states. Baba explained

The Kano State Government has dismissed reports claiming that it was considering the reopening of its schools. The reports had claimed that government has set up a committee to consider the reopening of the schools closed down after the breakout of the Coronvirus pandemic. But the state’s education ministry, in a statement by the Chief

Onyemelukwe, Nigerian Chief Electrical Engineer of the country’s Electricity Corporation, generated international attention when he married Catherine Zastrow, a white Peace Corps volunteer, who had just completed her service in 1964. Although his parents had rejoiced that, he had returned from nine years in the United Kingdom without a foreign white wife, in 1963 he

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to establish fruit orchards in 20 Secondary Schools to fast-track a development policy of the State, especially building the culture of tree planting and re-greening the environment among students and youths in Lagos. The State’s Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this over the weekend,

Chinese state media say 8 children have drowned after one fell into a river and others jumped in to help. The deaths happened in Chongqing city in southwestern China. The children were described as elementary school age. State media said the children went to play at the river on Sunday and the bodies were recovered

A former presidential candidate of KOWA party, Prof Remi Sonaiya, has urged the government to introduce gender equality instructions into the primary school curriculum. Sonaiya, who spoke in an interview with our correspondent, said one of the ways to reduce sexual abuse and rape in the country was for children to be brought up to