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

A corps member serving in Cross River, Mr Hodo Bassey, has donated his monthly stipend of N33,000 to the Cross River Government to help in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Bassey, who spoke in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Calabar, said the donation was to assist the state government

The Lagos State Government will from the next academic session enforce the entry age of 12 years for pupils seeking admission into junior secondary school (JSS1) to check the registration of under-aged kids. Also, a fine of N50,000 for first offenders, N100,000 for second offenders as well as warning letters to close the school in

The management of Bowen University, Iwo has said its lecturers have continued to hold lectures for the students through the Internet during the closure caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The Head, Public Relations Unit of the university, Toba Adaramola, in a statement said the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joshua Ogunjide, gave the directive that

The African Students Education Support Initiative, a monitoring group, has raised the alarm that some students and union leaders in tertiary institutions were planning to take over the streets due to the Federal Government-imposed 14-day lockdown without any palliatives for the youths. The ASESI Executive Director, Chinonso Obasi, stated this on Monday, urging the government

A coalition of Kwara North Elders on Monday rejected the appointment of Prof. Muhammed Akanbi as the new Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. The elders in a statement issued in Ilorin, described the decision of the state government to appoint Akanbi as ‘insensitive’, claiming it is extremely against the principles of ‘equity, justice

An SS2 Student, Augustine Uchenna, of Community Secondary School, Inshinkwo, Onicha LGA EBONYI has won the NYSC Inter Secondary Mathematics competition for all Secondary Schools in Onicha LGA. The competition was powered by Corper Aremu Ridwan at Community Secondary School, Abaomege. In a fierce contest that saw eight schools under Onicha LGA local Government of