Tag: out of school children
INFOGRAPHICS: What the education statistics say about Nigeria versus Iceland
Nigeria won Iceland 2-0 in the World Cup on Friday. Beyond the exciting victory, we decided to compare the education system in both countries....
Lagos SUBEB Chairman challenges parents on school enrolment
The Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB), Ganiyu Sopeyin has challenged parents to embrace the school enrolment policy of the...
Day of the African Child: ERC seeks freedom, justice for Nigerian...
The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has called for freedom and justice for the Nigerian students as the world marks this year's Day of the...
El-Rufai gives parents, guardians July deadline to take kids off the...
The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has issued a July 31st ultimatum to parents, guardians and care givers to take young children off the...
UNICEF: Boko Haram abducted over 1000 children since 2013
Boko Haram terrorists have abducted not less than 1,000 children in the North-East of Nigeria since 2013, according to the United Nations Children Fund...
How sports can boost school enrolment and reduce out of school...
Sport is a part of education. It can be a veritable tool to boosting school enrolment while also reducing out of school children.
Students and...
Towards restoring a functional Madrasah system
Uthman Jaarullah bn Zakariyyah Oladele bn Abdullahi proposes reforms within the Madrasah system. In Nigeria, the Madrasah is variously called Islamiyya, Makaranta Ilmi, or...
‘I will never allow my children to school again’ – Dapchi...
A parent of one of the girls kidnapped at the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi has vowed not to allow any of his children...
Dapchi Girls’ kidnap raises concerns about unsafe schools
On Monday, 19th February, 2018, a group of gunmen stormed the Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi in Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe...
68% of 2017 dead migrants were graduates
68 per cent of the 9,000 migrants that died in 2017 were graduates that could have been empowered as entrepreneurs. This is according to...