The number of out-of-school children rose from 10.5 million in 2010 to 13.2 million in 2015, a Demographic Health Survey (DHS) conducted by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Nigerian government revealed. The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education…
Professor Michael Omolewa is Nigeria’s representative at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) between 2000 and 2009 out of which he was the President of the General Conference of UNESCO for two years. He is an Emeritus Professor of…
On Sunday, 30th September, 2018, entreprenurs and other stakeholders from all works of life converged on Sokoto Guest Inn in Sokoto for the launch of Sokoto Startup. It was a thrilling occasion that had resource persons share ideas on how technology is…
The latest figures on out-of-school-children are disappointing, showing progress that is – at best – painfully slow. Despite every promise and declaration, and all the genuine efforts made to date, there are still around 262 million – or one out of every…
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”—Malcolm X When issues concerning the miseries afflicting the country’s education sector are tabled for discussion and analysis, one is oftentimes confronted with the argument that…
I have visited and interviewed quite a lot of school leaders and realised that there is a need to create awareness about community services in our schools, hence this article. There are quite a number of global, national and community issues, and…
EMMANUEL ADO highlights the gains of promoting girl-child education drawing inspiration from the Kaduna State experience. “No country can ever truly flourish, if it stifles the potentials of its women and deprives itself of their contribution of half of its citizens.” —…
When schools resumed afresh for the 2018/2019 academic session, no one would have expected that a school principal would make the disregard for the Nigerian laws part of her first week duty. That best describes the action of Mrs S.O. Sadare, the…
The Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Abdalla Uba Adamu, has been appointed as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Indian Journal of Open Universities (IJOU). This followed the reconstitution of the board by the…
Five Nigerian youths are going to be sponsored by the United States Consulate in Lagos to empower a set of Lagos-based Nigerian teachers. This is through the Carrington Youth Fellowship, an initiative of the Consulate for the 2018/2019 fellowship year. The fellows…
