Education Minister, Prof.Tahir Mamman and the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu have promised that the Ministry would resolve the logistics challenges facing the National Examinations Council (NECO). Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Ben. Bem Goong disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, November...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed its readiness to partner with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to ensure uninterrupted power supply in universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made this known during a courtesy visit to his office by...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, and the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tanko Sununu have charged Principals of Federal Unity Colleges across the country to protect their schools and students from any form of attack or banditry. Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Bem Goong...
Education Minister, Professor Tahir Mamman has warned members of the academia and the university community over matters of sexual harassment on campuses, maintaining that the Federal Ministry of Education will deal decisively with perpetrators of such acts. Director of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Ben. Bem Goong in...
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,...