President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by 50 percent over the next two years as part of a joint agreement among heads of state at the ongoing Global Education Summit in London. This was disclosed in a statement by his Special Adviser to the President on Media and […]Read More
The Governor of Kebbi State has secured a 70 million dollar World Bank Grant to strengthen adolescent girl-child education in the state. Gov. Atiku Bagudu made this known at the 5th Kebbi State Women Ramadan Lecture Series held in Birnin Kebbi, the state’s capital over the weekend. According to data from EduCeleb, 38% out of […]Read More
According to UNESCO, world leaders might not be able to raise global education standards by 2030 as promised following poor turnout in current trends. UNESCO says current trends show that 30% of adults and 20% of young people will still be illiterate in poor countries in the next decade. The report which examined the progress […]Read More
On the 15th of January, Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary, January 15th has always been regarded as Wikipedia day by its fans. Wikipedia a free multilingual, collaborative, volunteer-produced internet encyclopedia was founded on January 15th, 2001 by American-British entrepreneur Jimmy Wales starting with the English version as its first edition. Within 2 months of its […]Read More
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed an anti-cultism bill that includes punishment for parents of convicted cultists. The bill titled The Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020 prescribes “punishment” for parents of convicted cultists, has been passed by the Lagos state House of Assembly. The bill which will be sent to Governor […]Read More
Different reports show that millions of Nigerian children have no access to basic primary education owing to several challenges the country had faced in years. These challenges include insecurity, food scarcity or rising inflation, displacement due to violence or attacks and the rising challenge of a pandemic. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund said […]Read More
Within the last three years, the National Examination Council has consistently recorded thousands of candidates involved in several forms of malpractice. While publishing the results of the 2020 Secondary School Certificate Examination, the council indicated that 33,470 candidates of 1.2 million candidates who wrote the exams were caught in different forms of malpractice. In 2019, […]Read More
The number of children abandoning their education despite several programmes initiated by the government to improve learning in Nigeria keeps rising yearly. Challenges including insecurity, development of schools and low budget allocations have been outlined as major factors contributing to this consistent increase. However, the figures are likely not to drop as economic indicators show […]Read More
The Academic Staff University Union(ASUU) was established in 1978 to oversee the academic staff in all Federal and state universities in the country. The Union has a history of active struggles against the government, which they generally made known by embarking on strike actions. These actions have been happening for as far back as 1988. […]Read More
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