By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission has revealed that Nigeria needs an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to be able to absorb the growing number of out-of-school children in the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Hammed Boboyi, gave the statistics while briefing...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has identified industry-linked research in the country’s Institutions of higher learning as key to national development. The Minister made the observation today in his office in Abuja while receiving briefings from Chief Executives of Parastatals and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has reiterated it readiness towards fighting the scourge of illiteracy arising in the country. The commitment came as Nigeria joined the rest of the world in commemorating the 2023 International Literacy Day on Friday. The Minister of Education,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has urged universities to make optimal use of the 30 per cent of the curriculum ceded to institutions’ senates. He gave this charge on Wednesday at the Stakeholders’ Colloquium on the Core Curriculum and Minimum...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards CCMAS (CCMAS) will begin by September 2023. The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes while bringing necessary innovation into the content and delivery of their...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu says the Federal Government will immortalise late Emeritus Prof. Nimi Briggs, former Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). Briggs, who passed away in the early hours of April 10 at the age of 79, was the 5th vice chancellor of the...
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has presented a new curriculum for Nigerian universities, saying it will add value to the graduates from the universities. Adamu stated this at the public presentation of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) Book 1 series for Nigerian universities and a book...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that the present education backwardness being witnessed in the northern part of the country was caused by people of the area. The minister stated this at the public presentation of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS)...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Adamu, who alongside Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, monitored the exam at the Computer Based...
No fewer than 80,000 candidates on Saturday sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said this while monitoring the exercise on Saturday in Abuja. Benjamin said about 80,000 candidates who could not sit for...
Nigeria accounts for 12.4 per cent of the out-of-school children in Sub-Saharan Africa, Education Minister Adamu Adamu, has said. Adamu made this known on Thursday in Benin during activities to mark the 2023 Education Week of the Edo Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the event was themed...
Service Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM) has expressed concern about the lack of teachers, poor learning environment among other challenges as major setback in some Federal Unity Schools across the country. Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, National Coordinator of SERVICOM, made this known when she presented the second phase of SERVICOM...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has unveiled 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors under the sponsorship of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking at the public presentation of the textbooks on Thursday in Abuja, the minister said the publications would end...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has expressed the readiness of the Fund to replicate innovation hubs projects in public universities and other higher education institutions in the country. Echono, made this known at the opening of TETFund...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In response to the low levels of participation of girls in schooling, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK, and UNICEF have implemented the Girls’ Education Programme Phase 3 (GEP3) across six northern Nigerian states of...
The Federal Government is boosting World Bank’s 500 million dollars funding for Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project with 700 million dollars. The Nigerian government boost raises the tally to 1.2 billion dollars. Communications Officer of AGILE, Ms Linda Irabor, stated in Abuja on Sunday that...
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, admitted that he failed as a Minister, as he could not solve several challenges he ought to have solved despite being the longest serving Minister of Education. The Minister highlighted that, from out-of-school children which has increased during his time in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Participants at the national conference on out-of-school children in Nigeria have called for political will, consistency in policy delivery and good leadership in tackling the Out-Of-School Children (OOSC) menace confronting the nation. The stakeholders also called for adequate and consistent funding as well as...
Teachers worldwide play a critical role in the formation of the behaviour patterns and by extension, the future of young persons. Therefore, the role of teachers goes beyond teaching. The teacher functions in different capacities including parenting, counseling, mentoring and being a role model. Given their strategic position in...