Category: education
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Kaduna Govt promises improved school furniture, WASH facilities
Desk Officer, Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme, Kaduna SUBEB, Mrs Josephine Michael, addressing participants at a one-day sensitisation on the enrolment of out-of-school children in Kafanchan By Philip Yatai The Kaduna State Government has pledged to provide adequate school furniture, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and other facilities to encourage school enrolment…
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German Govt donates solar-powered port cabin to Lagos school
By Itohan Abara-Laserian German Government has donated a solar powered port cabin to Meiran Community Senior High School, Lagos, for providing technological solutions to solve problems. The cabin was donated on Thursday in Lagos by the German Agency for International Corporation through its Pro-Poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria(GIZ-SEDIN) programme. The Component Lead…
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Just In: JAMB Releases 2023 UTME Results
By Lateef Taiwo The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between Tuesday, 25th April, 2023, and Monday, 1st May, 2023. A total of 1, 595, 779 candidates had registered to take the examination in 708 Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in 105…
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Stop discriminating against poor performing students – Educationist
Mr Dayo Olakanmi, an educationist, has advised teachers in the country to treat students equally and not discriminate against poor performing students in their classrooms. Olakanmi, a proprietor of a private school in Ilorin, gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday in an interview with our corespondent. According to him, most teachers are discriminating against…
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NGO gives scholarship to 589 students in Kwara
No fewer than 549 secondary school and tertiary institution students from the seven local government areas of Kwara South Senatorial District are beneficiaries of the 2021 scholarship scheme of a nongovernmental organisation, Bayo and Bunmi Babalola Foundation. Disclosing this at the 6th scholarship ceremony of the Foundation in Omu-Aran, Irepodun local government area of the…
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NBTE moves to stop certificate racketeering in TVET institutions
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Zaptrance Workdwide System Ltd. for the development of a s`Quick Response Code (QR Code) generating system. The QR code will be used on certificates issued by Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions under its purview. The Executive Secretary,…
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ASUU may resume strike for FG’s inaction over union demands –zonal coordinator
The Yola zone of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has called on the public to prevail on the federal and state governments to accede to union’s legitimate demands to avoid the resumption of the suspended strike. Mr Reuben Jonathan, Zonal Coordinator, who made the call at a news conference on Thursday, in Yola,…
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Spelling competition is aim to rejuvenate education – Buni
Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, said the “Spelling Bee” competition has been organised for students of private and public schools, as part of effort to reinvigorate the education in the state. Buni stated this in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, on Wednesday in Damaturu. He described…
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Bauch State nomadic education agency enrols 99,239 pupils in 1 year – Official
The Bauchi State Agency for Nomadic Education (BASANE) has enroled 99,239 pupils in one year. The Secretary of BASANE, Ibrahim Ardo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday. Ardo said that pupils were registered in the 513 primary schools in the state. ”The schools are…
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Drone student inventor to get Kogi govt. support, says commissioner
The Kogi State Government has pledged to support a student, Mr Adebayo Sunday, a graduate of Kogi State College of Education (Technical), Kabba, who invented drones. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, gave the assurance while interacting with the young inventor in his office in Lokoja, on Tuesday. According to…