Tag: funding
Osun 2019 budget: Oyetola proposes 11% to education
Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola has on Thursday presented the 2019 budget before the State House of Assembly.
Of the overall N152.7 billion ‘Budget of...
We are prioritising child education through school feeding programme – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed commitment towards prioritising child education in Nigeria especially through the school feeding programme.
Education ministry gets 7.02% of Nigeria’s 2019 budget
The Federal Ministry of Education has been allocated 7.02% of the 2019 budget by the Nigerian government.
This is based on the estimates given by...
2019 Elections: Why JESAC is mobilizing 24 million members to vote...
Here is the recent JESAC statement to the effect that the education performance and manifestos of candidates for the 2019 general elections will be...
NANS commends FG on JAMB, NECO fee reduction
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday, commended the Federal Government for reducing the cost of registration for the Joint Admissions and...
Lagos spends N15bn on schools’ infrastructure – Ambode
The Lagos State Government said it had invested N15 billion in infrastructure in state-owned schools over the past three and a half years.
Governor Akinwunmi...
LASU now World Bank’s African Centre of Excellence on STEM Education
The Lagos State University (LASU) has been selected as one of World Bank's Centre of Excellence for Innovative and Transformative STEM Education (CITSE).
This is...
24 states failed to access N29.5 billion UBEC grants in 2017
24 of Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) failed to access the remaining Twenty-Nine Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty-Five Million, Eight...
Is the shambolic state of Nigeria’s education a consequence of a...
“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...
Encouraging community service in our schools
I have visited and interviewed quite a lot of school leaders and realised that there is a need to create awareness about community services...