On May 25. 2022, the Academic Staff Union Of Universities industrial action strike clocked 100 days. The strike which began on February 14, was extended for an additional 12 weeks in May after the union said the federal government had failed to reach an agreement over pending issues raised. Emmanuel… You must be registered to […]Read More
Data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria have shown that Nigerians spent at least $220.86 million on foreign education between December 2021 and February 2022. This is according to the CBN data on the amount spent on educational service under the sectoral utilisation for transactions valid for foreign exchange for December 2021 to February […]Read More
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
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