Tag: Sonny Echono
Poor budgeting negatively impacting education sector, official admits
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono has blamed the seemingly slow pace of the nation’s educational development on poor budgetary...
Nigerian govt spent N1.3 trillion on education in four years –...
A senior official at the Federal Ministry of Education has said that the Nigerian federal government spent about 1.3 trillion naira on the education...
Unity colleges applicants can now know their admission status
Candidates who wrote entrance examination into the 104 Federal Unity Colleges can now know admission status.
Permanent Secretary,...
Nigerian govt orders schools to teach history from September
The Federal Government has directed all primary and secondary schools across the country to immediately implement the teaching of history as a standalone subject...
FME inaugurates committee on secondary education commission
The Federal Ministry of Education on Thursday, 13th June inaugurated a 15-member committee for the take-off of the National Commission for Secondary Education.
Permanent Secretary...
Persons with disabilities, foreign candidates exempted from Post-UTME
Persons living with disabilities have been exempted from writing the post- Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) tests during the 2019 tertiary education admissions exercise.
The...
Govt to replace unqualified teachers after December deadline
The Federal Government said it would be replacing unqualified teachers with qualified ones after the expiration of the December deadline for teachers...
How private universities in Nigeria came into existence – Minister
Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu has revealed what led to the existence of private universities in Nigeria.
He...
303 private university applications awaiting NUC approval
The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Rasheed, has disclosed that the commission is currently processing 303 applications for the establishment of...
FG reduces unity colleges tuition
The Nigerian Federal Government said that it has reduced the cost of the tuition and other fees for students at its 104 Federal Government...
