EDUCATION

Breaking: Resumption: Revert to old names, Osun orders principals, headteachers

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2020

Osun State Government has directed principals and heads of public elementary schools to revert to the old names of their various schools before the reclassification effected by the administration of ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola in 2013. The directive was contained in a circular titled

EDUCATION

Kano Assembly appeals to NECO on SSCE registration deadline

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2020

The Kano State House of Assembly has urged National Examination Council (NECO) to shift the Sept. 3, deadline for the registration of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Mr  Aminu Sa’ad (PDP-Ungoggo ) at plenary in Kano, on Wednesday. Speaking on […]

EDUCATION

Ogun public school heads trained on safe reopening

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2020

No fewer than 4,000 Public Primary School Head and Assistant Head Teachers in Ogun State have been trained on efficient and safe school re-opening after Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Speaking while flagging-off a 5-Day Pre-Resumption Education Leadership Summit, organised via Zoom by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) tagged; “Goodbye Yesterday”,

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Makinde, UI women society seek partnership for women empowerment

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2020

….‘Proactive structures in place to end gender-based violence’ Wife of the Oyo State governor, Engineer Tamunominini Olufunke Makinde and the chairperson of the University of Ibadan Women Society (UIWS), who is also the wife of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. (Mrs.) Wumi Olayinka, have declared their readiness to collectively empower women and fight gender-based violence to a

EDUCATION

Lagos Ministry disowns school resumption calendar

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2020

The Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Education has warned the public to disregard a resumption time table flying around the social media. The time-table claims to be the 2020/2021 academic calendar, states that the first term of the session would start September 21, 2020 and end December 18, 2020 […]

EDUCATION

FG, UNICEF develop safe schools re-opening template

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2020

The Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Committee on Safe School Re-opening, on Monday, began a process for the development of school reopening readiness template. Mrs Azuka Menkiti, Education Specialist, UNICEF, made this known in Kaduna, at the opening of a three-day technical Meeting of the Committee on […]