The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as part of activities to mark this year's International Day of the Girl Child has urged Nigeria to scale up investment in its adolescent girls. In a statement issued on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, UNICEF averred that the focus on the well-being and rights of...
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, 58 days after the final paper was written on August 11. Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, who announced the result at a press briefing in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday, said the 2023 SSCE...
The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tanko Yusuf Sununu has appealed to students, parents, and lecturers in the nation's institutions of higher learning to shun acts capable of disrupting the academic session as schools get set for resumption. Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Education, Ben. Bem Goong...
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobo has said that the country needs additional 20, 000 schools and 907, 769 classrooms to absorb its growing number of out-of-school children. Director, Press and Public Relations Unit of the Federal Ministry of Education, Bem Goong disclosed this...
Education Minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman has identified industry-linked research in the country's Institutions of higher learning as key to National Development. Director Press & Public Relations of the Ministry, Ben Bem Goong disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, September 18, 2023 Goong said the Minister made the observation in...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has hinted that President Bola Tinubu was determined to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria to the barest minimum. Mamman who disclosed this in his opening address at the 2021/2022 Nigeria Annual Education Conference (NAEC) held on Monday, September 11, 2023,...
The Federal Ministry of Education (FME) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), celebrates the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) reaching the 500,000-user milestone. A statement issued by UNICEF on Saturday, September 2, 2023, said the achievement stands as a testament to the government’s commitment to modernizing the educational landscape, ensuring every...
The newly appointed Minister of Education, Alhaji Tahir Mamman, and the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu have assumed office with the promise to hit the ground running. They made the pledge on Monday, August 21, 2023, at a reception ceremony organised by the Ministry and its Parastatals...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has expressed its readiness to boost programmes aimed at improving employability skills of Nigerian universities' graduates. Acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Dr. Chris Maiyaki, stated this in Abuja on Monday, July 31, 2023 at this year's International Summer School and Conference of the African Centre...
In a bid to nip the country's learning crisis in the bud, Nigeria has kick-started a National Teacher Management Database to monitor teacher recruitment, deployment, evaluation, and professional growth. Speaking at the launch of the Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) in Abuja on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Chief Education, UNICEF...