A senior lawyer and human rights advocate, Femi Falana, has blamed some state government’s neglect for the basic education for the alarming rate of out-of-school children in the country, which is estimated at 20 million. A document he obtained from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in response to his …
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The Safer Society for Children Foundation has joined forces with the Elegant Nurses Forum to demand justice for a female student reportedly gang-raped by four suspects in Ijebu Ode. It is alleged that the police failed to provide adequate protection to the victim, thus exposing her to further harm and …
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The Federal Government has announced the approval of N2 billion each as take-off grants for Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal Polytechnic, Abuja, and Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe, Lagos State, as part of efforts to support their early operations and development. It has also inaugurated the pioneer rector of …
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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has approved an extension of its student loan programme for institutions that have formally requested additional time for the 2025/2026 academic session. The Fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, announced this in a statement on Thursday. Oluwatuyi said the extension applies strictly …
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Private school proprietors in Ogun State have raised concerns over what they described as stringent conditions imposed by the state government before granting clearance for students to register for the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The proprietors, who spoke on condition of anonymity, warned that over 70 per …
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has clarified that candidates are not required to remove their hijabs during registration, following a video that raised concerns about alleged discrimination against Muslim candidates at Afe Babalola University. In a video shared by social media user AsakyGRN, a man lamented that his sister …
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SOME lecturers at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) have praised the Federal Government’s recent embargo on creating new federal tertiary institutions for seven years. The commendation was made in Nsukka on Wednesday during interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the government’s ban on establishing new public …
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THE Kogi government has banned incessant graduation ceremonies in basic and secondary schools across the state as part of reforms in the education sector. The decision was announced by the Commissioner for Education, Mr Wemi Jones, during a stakeholders’ meeting in Lokoja on Wednesday. The government also banned “students’ signing-out” …
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The Federal Government has unveiled revised curricula for basic, senior secondary, and technical education, setting new subject limits to ease content overload and improve learning outcomes. Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Sai’d Ahmad, who announced the development on behalf of the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, …
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THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a seven-year moratorium on the establishment of new federal tertiary institutions. Dr Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education announced the approval, after Wednesday’s FEC meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He explained the ban applies to all federal …
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