BECE postponed indefinitely

The Lagos State government has announced the indefinite postponement of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). It said this was In view of the prevailing situation of global pandemic...

Lagos threatens sanctions on schools reopening

The Lagos State Government has said it would sanction schools which violate the lockdown in place affecting schools closure. Through the Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA),...

19th century teachers in 21st century classrooms

By Abdul-Ganiyy Raji I am a teacher, but I do not have a computer. I am a big teacher in my school though I cannot operate a laptop. I...

ASUU, Nigerian ‘civilian’ governments and the ‘jackboot mentality’

By Andrew Erakhrumen Human beings are rational beings. They can also be irrational, or made to be, to the extent of bringing out the beast in them, for diverse...

Controversy trails lecturers’ sack in federal universities

The recent sack of some lecturers in some federal universities in Nigeria has been trailed with controversy. While the government claimed that the lecturers got sacked because they were...

Buhari’s Democracy Day speech omits details about school feeding programme amidst COVID-19

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday addressed Nigerians as part of activities to mark the 2020 Democracy Day. One of the items in his speech was the implementation of the National Home-Grown School...

Nigeria commits to implementing compulsory basic education

The Nigerian government has stated its commitment to ensuring that free and compulsory education is implemented for students in their first nine years of schooling. This is in line...
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Sex education relevant in eliminating gender-based violence

Experts have identified sex education as germane in the elimination of the various forms of gender-based violence in Nigeria. The duo of Dr Emmanuel Adebayo and Dr Oluwaseun Adewunmi spoke on the EduCeleb Education Discourse...

Cross River schools to resume June 16

The Cross River State Government has disclosed that a “trial resumption of schools” would commence on June 16. State Commissioner for Education, Godwin Amanke, in a statement, said, “Students...

First Bank donates 20,000 e-learning devices to Lagos schools

Leading Nigerian commercial bank, the First Bank has donated 20,000 mobile e-learning devices to the Lagos State Government for the use of students of public schools in the State.